• Nigeria

    Boosting The Economy Through Wastewater Management

    Access to water is still is a mirage in Nigeria. Although blessed with abundance of water yet, this country still contends with scarcity of this natural endowment where over 70 million of its population still lacks access to safe water. Nigeria has an estimated 250 billion cubic metres of surface ...

  • Nigeria

    Customs Intercepts N242.6m Banned Drugs In Ogun, Lagos

    Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday said that it intercepted truck loads of smuggled prohibited drugs worth over N242,688,000. The drugs identified as Tramadol Hydrochoride tablets in the range of 225mg/200 mg were seized along Apapa road in Lagos, Sango-Ota axis of Ogun State and Lagos-Ibadan express road worth N242, ...

  • Francia

    E-Paiement : Macir Vie et SGA signent un accord

    Lancement officiel, hier, du premier service payable en ligne par carte interbancaire de Macir Vie en partenariat avec la banque Société Générale Algérie. La compagnie d’assurance Macir Vie a lancé, hier, son premier service payable en ligne, via la carte interbancaire (CIB), en partenariat avec la Banque Société Générale Algérie. ...

  • Qatar

    La nécessité de trouver une voie avant 2020

    Alors que les discours sur la diversification de l’économie sont légion en ces temps de baisse des prix du pétrole, l’objectif de construire un secteur industriel performant, reste encore lointain. Un projecteur a été braqué, hier, sur cette question dans un forum tenu à l’hôtel Sheraton sur l’industrie algérienne. L’Algérie ...

  • Azerbaigian

    TAP, Consiglio di Stato dice sì al gasdotto

    (Teleborsa) - Alta tensione nel cantiere Tap-Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) di Melendugno (Lecce) dove è in costruzione il gasdotto per importare il metano dall'Azerbaijan. A scatenare la...

  • Regno Unito

    New digital platform offers ‘radical transparency’ in aid spending

    Source: Start Network Country: WorldStart Network’s innovative portal means every aid agency project supported by the Start Fund in crises around the world can be viewed and its outcome evaluated by anyone who visits the site.A global network of aid agencies has launched a new online platform that will allow its ...

  • USA Giordania Senegal Kenya Etiopia Nigeria Yemen

    Famine, drought, war threaten millions of children in four countries

    Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, YemenSome 22 million children have been left hungry, sick, displaced and out of school in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, UNICEF said.Download photos and videos from: http://weshare.unicef.org/Package/2AMZIFDD22Q NEW YORK/DAKAR/NAIROBI/AMMAN, 28 March 2017 – More than a month after famine was declared ...

  • Giappone

    Dollar rallies to ¥110.70 in Tokyo on short covering

    The dollar bounced back to levels around ¥110.70 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday as traders moved to cover short positions in the U.S. unit, seeing its downside as limited for now. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥110.68-68, up from ¥110.18-18 at the same time Monday. The euro was ...

  • Giappone

    Gastech conference to kick off in Chiba next week

    Gastech, the world’s largest gas and liquefied natural gas conference and exhibition, will be held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture from April 4 to 7. Ten Japanese energy companies and trading houses formed a consortium to host Gastech Japan 2017 in the first such attempt in the event’s history. ...

  • Giappone

    Tokyo stocks rebound on buying on dips

    Stocks turned higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, supported by buying on dips following the previous day’s plunge. The 225-issue Nikkei average jumped 217.28 points, or 1.14 percent, to close at 19,202.87. On Monday, the Nikkei average gave up 276.94 points to close below the 19,000 threshold for the ...