Islamic Development bank team in Luxembourg

BRICS offers Nigeria partner country status

Brazil, the BRICS chair, said that Nigeria has been admitted as a partner country in the group. The decision was based on the role of Nigeria in “strengthening cooperation in the Global South and reforming global governance”, Brazil said in a statement. “As the 6th largest population in the world and the 1st on the […]

Tunisia thwarts attempt to smuggle 5,800 psychotropic tablets to Algeria

Tunisian customs officers have thwarted this Monday (April 22) an attempt to smuggle 5,800 psychotropic tablets to Algeria, reported the Tunisian news agency TAP. According to a press release by the Customs services, the psychotropic pills, concealed in a car bearing an Algerian registration plate, were discovered during an inspection operation at the customs border […]

Nigeria denies collaborating with terrorists or French military to destabilize Niger

Niger’s military government has accused its neighbor Nigeria of acting as a base for destabilizing actions by terrorist groups or French military and of being implicated in sabotaging its pipeline. Relations between Niger and neighboring Nigeria have soured after the former’s foreign minister, Bakary Yaou Sangare, summoned the Nigerian embassy’s chargé d’affaires, accusing his country […]