February 14, 2020

World Defence Spending Spikes As Rivalries Heat Up

February 14, 2020 5:31 pm

Global defence spending saw its biggest jump in a decade in 2019, driven by the US and China, a study said Friday, as rivalries and conflicts stoke military investment.

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said the four percent rise, compared to a year earlier, was fuelled by competition between major powers, new military technologies and rumbling warfare from Ukraine to Libya.

Beijing’s military modernisation programme — which includes developing new hard-to-detect hypersonic missiles — is alarming Washington and helping drive US defence spending, the IISS said.

Its annual “Military Balance” report said the increase alone in US …

German Police Officer Among Arrests In Terror Swoop

February 14, 2020 5:31 pm

Police in Germany arrested twelve men, including one of its own officers, in a nationwide probe into an extreme-right group suspected of planning attacks on politicians, asylum-seekers and Muslims, state interior ministry sources and prosecutors said Friday.

The arrests followed raids, some by heavily-armed special units, which hit 13 locations in six German states.

The four prime suspects planned to spark “a civil-war-like situation… via as yet undefined attacks on politicians, asylum seekers and people of Muslim faith,” federal prosecutors said in a statement.

A further eight suspects were alleged to have agreed to “financially support the group, provide it …

Billie Eilish Drops James Bond Track

February 14, 2020 5:31 pm

Teenage pop iconoclast Billie Eilish dropped her James Bond theme tune on Friday, racking up 2.2 million views in just six hours as the teenage prodigy continues her stunning rise.

Sharing the same name as the upcoming movie “No Time To Die”, the ballad features the grungy melancholic feel that has propelled Eilish to star status and caps a remarkable few weeks for the teenager.

Last month Eilish was the breakout star at the Grammys, sweeping five awards including the “big four” prizes: Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist.

The …

Liverpool Looks To Extend Lead

February 14, 2020 5:30 pm

Liverpool are expected to take another step towards clinching a long-awaited Premier League title at bottom-of-the-table Norwich, while behind the runaway leaders the battle for Champions League places takes centre stage this weekend.

The Reds can extend their mammoth 22-point lead over Manchester City at Carrow Road on Saturday as they aim to not only win the league for the first time in 30 years, but smash the record books in the process.

Jurgen Klopp’s men have dropped just two points all season and are on a run of 16 consecutive league wins.

That march towards the title began on …

Namibia: France Looks To Invest In Namibia

February 14, 2020 4:25 pm

Delegates from the region of Haut-de-France yesterday met representatives from several ministries to discuss investment opportunities and to strengthen relations between the two countries.

The deputy speaker of the French Senate, Valéry Létard, along with a delegation of businesspeople, are in Namibia for a week-long visit.

The region of Haut-de-France, in northern France, expressed interest in cooperating in the areas of agriculture, water management and desalination, tourism – including industrial tourism, higher education, works and transport, fisheries and cooperation between the ports.

Létard is also the regional counsellor of Haut-de-France and former minister for solidarity.

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Africa: A Legacy of Bloodshed and Corruption

February 14, 2020 4:25 pm

 

The world’s biggest arms fair, which turned 20 in 2019, is lauded as a ‘fantastic showcase’ by its British hosts, but critics strongly disagree

The Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), which boasts of being the world’s largest arms fair, celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. The biennial event, held in London, aims to bring together the global arms industry under one roof, showcasing more than 1,700 exhibitors and 36,000 attendants from more than 50 countries. It is supported by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence and Department for International Trade, as well as BAE Systems, the UK’s

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Genocide

Namibia: Genocide Day Gets Thumbs Up

February 14, 2020 4:25 pm

The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement have declared 2 October as Genocide Remembrance Day in honour of the Ovaherero and Nama who died at the hands of German colonial forces between 1904-1908.

AR leader Job Amupanda told journalists yesterday that Ovaherero paramount chief Vekuii Rukoro has also agreed to the 2 October idea.

“We announce there will be a Genocide Remembrance Day as of 2020 onwards. We are declaring 2 October a public holiday every year. We are not waiting for the government to do it because we consulted the Ovaherero chief. This artificial discussion is a problem. We want …

Kenya

Kenya U-16 Side Invited For Spain Tourney

February 14, 2020 4:24 pm

Kenya Under-16 boys’ football team Monday landed a successive invite to compete at the Mediterranean International Cup (MIC), and captain Teddy Sirma asserts that this exposure will ultimately actualise his ambition of turning out for an English Premier League (EPL) club.

Football Kenya Federation (FKF) media officer Ken Okaka told Nation Sport the youthful team will head to Spain for preparations and friendly matches before competing at the tournament to be held in April in Valencia.

“The boys have garnered valuable experience over the past year and graduated from a U15 to U16 side. We are confident of putting up …

EU

Mozambique: EU Condemns Elections

February 14, 2020 4:23 pm

“EU observers detected numerous irregularities and malpractice both ahead of election day and during polling, counting and the tabulation of results. Irregularities included the unconcealed inflation of the voter register in Gaza and an under-registration of voters in other provinces, and the restriction of independent monitoring by opposition party agents and established independent national observer groups,” declared the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) in its final report released today (12 Feb).

“EU observers also noted ballot-box stuffing, organised multiple voting, intentional invalidation of votes for the opposition, altering of polling station results with the fraudulent addition of …

Kaitano Tembo

Zimbabwe: Kaitano Tembo Set For English Premier League

February 14, 2020 4:22 pm

South Africa-based Zimbabwean coach Kaitano Tembo is set to enhance his football knowledge by visiting some of the top clubs that are campaigning in the English Premier League in a study tour being organised by his current club SuperSport United.

SuperSport United Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Stanley Matthews revealed Thursday that the Tembo will embark on a journey to England next month.

“We’ve had good coaches with big ambitions in the past. We had Pitso Mosimane who has achieved big in his career. That’s the same pride with Gavin Hunt. It is the same pride that we would love to …

Zimbabwe

Sanctions Can’t Stop Investment In Zimbabwe – France

February 14, 2020 4:21 pm

 

Sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by western countries cannot stop international businesses from investing in this country, French Ambassador to Zimbabwe Richard Boidin has said.

Boidin made the remarks while addressing invited guests at the official commissioning of a USD$ 1 million Weber plant for tile adhesives in Harare by a French-owned company, Saint-Gobain Construction Products Zimbabwe yesterday.

Boidin said while government persistently uses the excuse of sanctions for lack of investment in Zimbabwe, individual Western companies would not ignore chances of high margin profits in any country despite imposed sanctions on the subject nation

“That a company like Saint-Gobain

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Africa In Trouble: Coronavirus Lands In Egypt

February 14, 2020 3:06 pm

The dreaded and deadly Coronavirus has landed in Egypt, the country’s Health Ministry said on Friday.

The ministry said it has a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus.

The sufferer was not Egyptian, the ministry said in a statement, without specifying the nationality.

“The ministry has taken preventative measures and is monitoring the patient… who is stable,” said health ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed.

According to AFP, Egyptian authorities had notified the World Health Organization and the patient been placed in quarantined isolation in hospital.

The death toll from the epidemic virus has neared 1,400 cases, almost exclusively in China where …

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