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Benin, Bahamas establish diplomatic ties, scrap visa requirements

Benin and Bahamas have established diplomatic and cooperation relations between the two countries and have waived visa requirements for all sorts of passports. Fredrick Mitchell, Bahamas’s Foreign Minister and Benin’s counterpart Olushegun Adjadi Bakari sealed the move on the sidelines of the third South-South Summit (G77 + China) held in Kampala, Uganda. In line with […]

Africa Asia International

Benin, Sri Lanka waive visa requirement for diplomats

Benin and Sri Lanka have sealed a deal to scrap visa requirements for holders of diplomatic passports from both countries as part of efforts to bolster ties in many areas including politics, economy, culture and tourism. Shegun Adjadi and Ali Sabry respectively top diplomats from Benin and the Asian country inked the deal. The deal […]

Business Finance

World’s worst-performing currencies: Ghana’s cedi, as Nigeria’s naira, SA’s rand also struggle

Ghana’s cedi slumped over the last three days to become the world’s worst-performing currency this year as investors continued to squeeze foreign capital into the West African country. The currency of the world’s second-biggest cocoa producer depreciated as much as 3.3%, which took its losses this year to more than 45%, the most among 148 […]

Asia Headlines International Morocco

Morocco helped Sri Lanka avoid further attacks-Indian paper

Morocco has offered key intelligence to help Sri Lanka avert further attacks after offering tip offs that led to identifying the perpetrators of the Sunday Easter Bombing in the Island nation, Indian paper The Economic Times reported. “Morocco, which maintains a substantial information bank on ISIS and its network, provided leads to Sri Lanka in […]

Asia Headlines International Morocco

Moroccan woman injured in Sri Lanka bombings

A 38-year-old Moroccan woman was injured in Sunday’s terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, the Moroccan embassy in India said on Monday. Hajar A., a flight attendant working for Saudi Airlines carrier, was injured in a bomb blast in a hotel in Colombo that claimed many lives, according to the Moroccan embassy. “Following the terrorist attacks […]

Asia Headlines International Morocco

King Mohammed VI expresses solidarity following Sri Lanka bombings

King Mohammed VI has expressed condolences and compassion to the President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena, in the wake of the terrorist attacks on churches and hotels. “I was deeply shocked and saddened by the news of the terrorist attacks on hotels and churches in Sri Lanka, during Easter services, in which scores of innocent […]

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Egypt : UAE tops Egypt’s tourism scale

The influx of tourists to Egypt has been declining since 2011 but the country continues to register a significant increase of visitors coming from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Red sea resorts of Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada are the most preferable destinations. Egyptian authorities have been doubling their efforts to attract visitors but […]

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Building an Indian Superpower : Modi’s Pakistani First Step

Narendra Modi’s landslide victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party against the incumbent National Congress in India’s national elections has bought a new political dynamic to south Asia’s key strategic actor. India hopes that Modi, a former tea seller and advert for the country’s social mobility, will begin an overdue purge of corruption and elitism. However […]