The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Monday said it will help to position the financial sector to gear up Singapore’s future economy. In line with the recommendations of the Committee on the Future Economy to support companies with strong growth potential to scale up and internationalize, MAS said it will take several initiatives to […]

Aid agencies on Monday launched a humanitarian appeal, seeking 1.6 billion U.S. dollars to provide life-saving assistance and protection to 5.8 million people across South Sudan in 2017. Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan Eugene Owusu said humanitarian organizations estimate that some 7.5 million people across South Sudan are now in need of humanitarian assistance and […]

Nigeria and Egypt will lead 14 other African countries to this year’s International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships holding in Dusseldorf, Germany. The qualification of the participating teams was based on their attendance of continental tournament held in Agadir, Morocco in 2016, while other African countries that will join Nigeria and Egypt for the […]

Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, who was injured in a car accident last week, will recover fast but still will remain in hospital for the next few days for observation, government spokesperson Rafal Bochenek said on Monday. Bochenek said Szydlo required no non-standard procedures or a surgery, her condition was stable and the nature of […]

Albania’s population was estimated to be 2.88 million as of Jan. 1, 2017, the National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT), said on Monday. According to INSTAT, Albania’s population grew by 1,000 persons compared with the previous year. The average age of Albania’s population grew from 34 years in 2015 to 35 years in 2016, data showed. […]

An economic expert, Yaw Ansu, underscored the need here on Monday to make agriculture sector attractive to the youth, which will drive the economic transformation of Ghana, and the African continent as a whole. He said there was the need for a new corps of youth to take up agriculture as a profession since the […]

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Monday announced the death of former Ghana national team coach Sam Arday. Arday, who was well known as the “Multi-system Man”, passed away in Accra last Sunday afternoon after a short illness, aged 71. He was the technical director of Ghana premier league side West Africa Football Academy until […]

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi received on Monday his visiting Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun at the Ittihadia Palace in Cairo, reported the state-run MENA news agency. Both leaders discussed recent developments in their respective countries as well as the Middle East region, including the Syrian crisis. During the press conference following the meeting, Sisi congratulated the […]

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday expressed optimism that the country’s exports to Slovakia will increase following President Andrej Kiska’s State visit to Kenya. The balance of trade between Kenya and Slovakia is in favour of Slovakia and Kenyatta said Kiska’s tour of tea and flower production centres during his visit to the country will […]

Eleven people, including eight minors, were arrested and placed in custody on Sunday after violent clashes with riot police in Argenteuil, northwest of Paris, according to a local report on Monday. A group of 50 young people were gathered in Argenteuil’s main square on Sunday evening in response to a call posted on social media […]

Bangladesh Monday launched voice-mail service for the country’s hundreds of millions of mobile users. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, who spearheads the “Digital Bangladesh” campaign as an advisor to his mother, inaugurated the service by sending a voice message using the country’s second largest operator Robi’s network from Gono Bhaban, the official […]

Germany international Mario Goetze dropped out of Dortmund’s squad for Champions League last 16 first leg match against Benfica next Tuesday. The Germany World Cup winner had a series of below-par performance and is struggling with a leg injury. He also missed the match against Darmstadt on Saturday when Dortmund suffered a shock 2-1 defeat. […]

Hundreds of Islamic State (IS) militants launched an attack on the paramilitary units of Hashd Shaabi, using tanks for the first time, west of Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, a military statement said on Monday. The attack took place late on Sunday when more than 200 IS militants, backed by tanks and suicide car bombers, […]

French President Francois Hollande said President-elect Frank-Walter Steinmeier is a “valued partner” to push forward bilateral links and further reinforce the European bloc. Hollande also warmly congratulated Steinmeier, according to a statement released on Sunday by his office. German Federal Assembly elected the former foreign minister as president, succeeding Joachim Gauck who refused to seek […]

China was opposed to the test-launch of a ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), which was in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Monday. China calls for all parties concerned to exercise restraint and jointly maintain stability in the region, spokesperson Geng Shuang told a routine […]

The following are news highlights in major Kenyan media outlets on Monday. — Opposition super alliance expected this week to submit to the electoral commission its power-sharing agreement and method of nominating its candidates. Reports indicate the National Super Alliance leaders had agreed on the coalition agreement and draft nomination rules, and were ready to […]

The Syrian government said on Monday that it is ready to exchange prisoners it has with kidnapped people in rebel hands, state news agency SANA reported. The offer came in light of efforts exerted for the upcoming Syria talks in Astana on Feb. 15-16, and the proposed swap could include the release of prisoners in […]

Slovak President Andrej Kiska has began a three-day official visit to Kenya that will see him hold bilateral talks with his host, President Uhuru Kenyatta, and seek ways of expanding trade ties. Kiska, who becomes the first Slovak’s head of state to make a state visit to Kenya, arrived in the country late on Sunday […]

The following are news highlights in Zambia’s major media outlets on Saturday. — The Chinese government has pledged to explore new areas of bilateral cooperation with Zambia to accelerate the implementation of more sustainable development between the two countries this year. Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Yang Youming said his government would create new highlights of […]

OccupyGhana® is happy to announce that it has just received a copy of the High Court (Civil Procedure) (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules, 2016 (CI 102), which regulates appeals to the High Court from the Auditor-General’s Disallowances and Surcharges. Since 12th November, 2014 OccupyGhana® has been battling the Auditor-General, urging him to exercise the constitutional and […]