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Davos, Switzerland, | Xinhua | FIFA President Gianni Infantino has highlighted the importance of football to the world economy. In an interview with Xinhua at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023, Infantino said he believed that it was very important to exchange ideas with leaders and business representatives from various …

Mukakati, DR Congo | Xinhua | At the front-line against armed forces in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Major General Kayanja Muhanga of the Ugandan army (UPDF), has stated his determination to destroy “once and for all” the rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a nightmare for …

Kampala, Uganda |  Xinhua | African nations should be allowed to develop their homegrown governance systems instead of adopting the Western-style democracy that has not yielded positive results over the years, said scholars, government representatives and diplomats as they were attending a democracy symposium here on Friday. Opening the symposium …

Bamako, Mali | Xinhua |  The Local Committee for Monitoring the Transition in Mali (CLST) welcomed the transitional government’s decision to lift restrictive measures on former Malian transitional president Bah N’Daw and his Prime Minister Moctar Ouane. In a statement, it also welcomed the measures taken by the government to …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran’s spokesman for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saeed Khatibzadeh, on Friday condemned the recent deadly terrorist attacks at the Kabul airport, the ministry’s website reported. He expressed condolences over the terrorist attacks in Afghanistan which happened a day ago, Khatibzadeh was quoted as saying. He …

  Khartoum, Sudan | XINHUA |  Sudan on Friday vowed to support the efforts to achieve peace and stability in Somalia in cooperation with all Somali parties and the regional and international partners. Sudan welcomed the recent agreement reached between the African Union (AU) Commission and the federal government of …

Moscow, Russia | XINHUA |  The imposition of external values on Afghanistan is an irresponsible policy, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday during a press conference following talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow. “It is necessary to end the irresponsible policy of imposing one’s external values from the …

Tripoli, Libya | Xinhua | The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday said there are 42,210 registered refugees and asylum-seekers currently in Libya. So far in 2021, a total of 20,799 refugees and immigrants have been rescued at sea and returned to Libya by the Libyan Coast …

  Windhoek, Namibia | XINHUA |  Namibia’s President Hage Geingob and first lady Monica Geingos are on course for a speedy recovery after both of them tested positive for COVID-19 last Wednesday, official said Sunday. In a statement, Alfredo Hengari, the spokesperson for the Presidency, said the two are in …

  Washington, US | XINHUA |  U.S. Senate voted on Saturday and acquitted former President Donald Trump, concluding his second impeachment trial which is the shortest one in the U.S. history. Seven Republican senators joined all the Democrats to vote “guilty,” failing to reach two-thirds majority required for Trump conviction …