'Return Kohinoor': Mamdani to raise Kohinoor demand with King Charles III during New York visit; watch what he said publiclyNew York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has called for the return of the Kohinoor diamond ahead of King Charles III's visit. The diamond, a contested...
UK proposal to charge tourists to visit museums sparks backlash amid restitution demandsBritain is considering charging foreign tourists to enter national museums, a move that has sparked criticism from countries like Ghana and...
Benin government says has 'foiled' coup attemptMilitary and security sources said that around a dozen soldiers had been arrested, including those behind the coup bid. The west Africa reg...
Benin military coup on Television reason: What is going on in African nation? Has government really been toppled? Who are responsible?Benin military coup: On television, eight soldiers with assault rifles, wearing berets of various colours and calling themselves the "Milit...
Premier Energies secures USD 20 mn solar contracts in West AfricaHomegrown Premier Energies secured solar contracts worth USD 19.95 million in Benin, West Africa, to expand clean energy access. The projec...
JNIM: How an al-Qaeda ally became Africa’s most dangerous jihadist group and why the US should worryJama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin is a dangerous group. It is causing instability in West Africa. The group formed in 2017. It has grown...
In Benin, Voodoo's birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage of forests they revere as sacredFor many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives. Barren women performed V...
Indian rice shipments of 5,00,000 tons postponed after new duty: ExportersIndia's decision to impose a 20% duty on exports of parboiled rice has led buyers and sellers to delay shipments to avoid paying the tax. T...
Germany returns 22 Benin Bronze looted artefacts to Nigeria. See detailsSome of the well-known ceremonial heads, an ivory carving, and a painted plaque were among the items that were returned in a ceremony held ...
Glasgow claims UK first in planned return of Indian artefactsSix of the items were stolen from northern India in the 1800s.
Ram Nath Kovind to visit West Africa this week seeking Atlantic outreachKovind chose Africa on his maiden trip aboard in Modi 2.0 with Delhi keen to made inroads in the region where China has a significant prese...
Benin, Rwanda and Djibouti to join Asian Infrastructure Investment BankAIIB’s Board of Governors approved the resolution welcoming the three prospective African members during the Bank’s fourth annual meeting h...
Pirates free oil tanker with 22 Indian crew in Gulf of GuineaAll the crew members, released by pirates after four days, are safe and the ship has resumed sailing, officials added.
Indian mission in Nigeria monitoring case of missing ship: MEAA merchant vessel owned by a Mumbai-based company, with 22 Indian nationals on board, is presumably missing in the Gulf of Guinea, MEA spok...
No sign of ship with 22 Indians that vanished from West AfricaTill Saturday, there was no trace of the ship. The owners and the manning agent from Mumbai had alerted us about the missing ship,” said B ...
BHEL bags export orders from Togo, BeninScancem International DA, Norway (Heidelberg Cement group) has placed the order for the motors for their cement plants, Ciments Du Togo S.A...
- Tata Power to provide technical services to Nigerian discom
This marks the company's foray into the power distribution segment in a foreign country, Tata Power MD Anil Sardana said