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Islamabad, Pakistan – The European Union has removed Pakistan from its “list of high-risk third countries”, a move that is expected to improve conditions for business activity. In a statement announcing the news on Wednesday, Pakistan’s…

With 10 rounds of sanctions, since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, the European Union has rolled out its toughest punishments ever against a foreign country. The EU has said its sanctions are meant to cut Moscow’s revenues…

Human rights campaigners are calling on companies to increase the pay for impoverished miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo who are digging up cobalt - an essential commodity in the production of electric cars. Huge mining…

US Vice-President Kamala Harris is expected to arrive in Tanzania shortly for a three-day official visit - the second stop on her three-nation tour of Africa. She will first meet President Samia Suluhu Hassan, before going to the…

The governor of Kisumu in western Kenya, the stronghold of opposition leader Raila Odinga, has suspended opposition protests in the county. Governor Anyang Nyong’o said protesters would instead go to the capital, Nairobi, to join the…

French authorities have searched the Paris offices of five banks, including Societe Generale, BNP Paribas and HSBC, on suspicion of fiscal fraud, part of a broad European probe into the dodging of dividend tax payments. The French…

Sri Lanka’s government has announced cuts in fuel prices, providing relief for many after a year of shortages and skyrocketing prices amid the country’s worst economic crisis. Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera on Wednesday…

In June 2018, Danee Naturibale (not his real name) moved to Kenya after escaping from a Ugandan prison where he had spent two months. The 37-year-old, who openly identifies as gay, was among 20 people arrested at a party in Mbale in the…

Peruvian prosecutors are investigating President Dina Boluarte and former president Pedro Castillo for allegedly laundering money as part of a criminal organisation. The probe into the alleged crimes by Boluarte and Castillo is part of a…

Zambia's government has warned the opposition against holding anti-gay rights protests during US Vice-President Kamala Harris’s visit to the country. The opposition Patriotic Front (PF) party plans to hold protests ahead of the summit…