M23 rebels guard the area during the meeting between the East African Regional Force (EACRF) officials and M23 rebels during the handover ceremony at Rumangabo camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Jan 6, 2023. 9GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) NAIROBI – The March 23 Movement (M23), a rebel group that has taken territory in […]
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M23 withdraws from key town in northeast DR Congo
Children from families displaced by the M23 conflict sit in the Kibati stadium participating in a Christmas activity of the Un Jour Nouveau organisation in Kanyarushinya on Dec 24, 2022. (GUERCHOM NDEBO/AFP) GOMA, DR Congo – The regional force of the East African Community (EAC) on Friday officially took control of Kibumba, a town about […]
Death toll from Mogadishu car bomb attacks hit 100
Security personnel and ambulances are stationed near destroyed and damaged buildings after an car bombing targeted the education ministry in Mogadishu on Oct 29, 2022. (HASSAN ALI ELMI / AFP) MOGADISHU – Twin car bomb explosions targeting Somalia's Education Ministry building here on Saturday killed at least 100 people and injured more than 300 others, Somali […]
UN chief suggests rapid action force to help Haiti
Patients with cholera symptoms sit in an observation center at a cholera clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Oct 7, 2022. (ODELYN JOSEPH / AP) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed that one or several countries send "a rapid action force" to help Haiti's police remove a threat […]
Uvalde school district suspends entire police force after shooting
A man and a boy visit a memorial to victims of a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 29. (JAE C. Hong / AP) The school district in Uvalde, Texas, suspended its entire police force on Friday, pending the outcome of a probe following the mass shooting in May that killed […]
East African bloc, DRC sign agreement on joint regional force
In this May 24, 2022 photo, people walk on the road near Kibumba, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, as they flee fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels in North Kivu. (MOSES SAWASAWA / AP) DAR ES SALAAM – The East African Community and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday signed […]
OECD sees global corporate tax overhaul on course for 2024
OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann speaks during a ministerial meeting at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development at the OECD headquarters in Paris on June 9, 2022. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP) PARIS – The biggest overhaul of cross-border tax rules in a generation is now on course to take effect in 2024, the […]
EU lawmakers pass landmark tech rules, but enforcement a worry
European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton speaks during a signature ceremony regarding the Chips Act at EU headquarters in Brussels on Feb 8, 2022. (VIRGINIA MAYO / AP PHOTO) BRUSSELS – EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to landmark rules to rein in tech giants such as Alphabet unit Google, Amazon, Apple, […]
Indonesia recommends Energy Transition Policies at B20 ESC Meeting
JAKARTA, Jul 1, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The B20 Energy, Sustainability, and Climate (ESC) Task Force has drafted recommendations and policy actions on global energy transition during the 5th call meeting that was held virtually on June 21, 2022. Deputy Chair of the Energy, Sustainability and Climate Task Force Agung Wicaksono speaks […]
B20 task force highlights recommendations to support net zero-carbon
JAKARTA, Jun 23, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The B20 Energy, Sustainability & Climate Task Force, led by state-owned oil giant Pertamina Group, put forth three recommendations to support realization of the target of net-zero carbon emissions. The B20 Energy, Sustainability & Climate (ESC) Task Force held entitled the third Task Force Call […]