Section: Africa&ME
JOSHUA VS KLITSCHKO… PAMBANO LA MFUKO WA FEDHA
LONDON, England MABONDIA Anthony Joshua ‘AJ’ na Wladimir Klitschko, watavaana Jumamosi usiku kwenye pambano la aina yake na la kuvutia. Mashabiki 90,000 wanatarajiwa kushuhudia pambano hilo kwenye Uwanja wa Wembley, huku wengine wakishuhudia nyumbani kwa matangazo ya televisheni ya moja kwa moja. Lakini ni kiasi gani mabondia hao watalipwa...
Ukraine nabs top state executive and ex-premier ally for graft
Ukraine’s stuttering fight against high-level corruption gathered pace Friday as a top state energy executive was detained a day after the arrest of a close ally of former premier Arseniy Yatsenyuk …read more Source: The Daily...
Money Magnet: Foreign Investments in Crimea Steadily Increasing Since Mid-2016
YALTA (Sputnik) — Foreign and Russian investments in the Crimean peninsula have been steadily growing since the middle of 2016, Andrei Melnikov, the republic’s minister of economic development, said Thursday. “Since the middle of the last year, there has been a gradual growth of investments on all fronts, foreign and Russian,” Melnikov told...
Ukraine National Bank: We Never Promised to Protect International Investors
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Ukraine has never given any promises to protect foreign investors, National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Valeria Gontareva said in remarks at the Atlantic Council. Gontareva was asked about conversion of PrivatBank’s Eurobonds into share capital after the Bank was nationalized. “The state is paying for...
Politics: The US Army wants dummy Russian tanks so it can practice blowing them away
The invitation for bids states that the mods will help the Army simulate realistic battle scenarios in training. The US Army just put out an invitation for bids on building a modification for Humvees to make them look like Russian T-72 tanks. The invitation for bids states that the mods will help the Army simulate realistic battle scenarios in...
Relentless Monaco dream on after reaching semis
Monaco, Thursday @PeopleSports11 A brilliant Monaco side that has taken Europe by storm will not relent in their bid for glory after beating Borussia Dortmund to reach the Champions League semi-finals, promised coach Leonardo Jardim. The team from the Mediterranean principality were too good for their German opponents in Wednesday’s...
Joshua’s mind on Fury despite Klitschko fight
Anthony Joshua is just days away from a world heavyweight title fight with Wladimir Klitschko in front of the largest British boxing crowd for nearly 80 years but the Briton says he would rather be facing former champion Tyson Fury.Fury beat Klitschko in 2015, handing the Ukrainian his first loss in 11 years, to become the IBO, WBA, IBF and WBO...
Relentless Monaco dream on after reaching semis
A brilliant Monaco side that has taken Europe by storm will not relent in their bid for glory after beating Borussia Dortmund to reach the Champions League semi-finals, promised coach Leonardo Jardim.The team from the Mediterranean principality were too good for their German opponents in Wednesday’s quarter-final second leg, winning 3-1 at...
Exxon Mobil requests sanctions waiver for Russia projects
The Texas-based oil giant has projects lined up in the Black Sea alongside Russian state-owned Rosneft. A previous partnership in 2014 was broken over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and ensuing Western sanctions.American oil giant Exxon Mobil is seeking the green light from President Trump’s administration in order to resume drilling...
Russian tourists will not return to Sharm El-Sheikh before 2018: Hisham Ali
The head of the Tourism Investors Association in South Sinai, Hisham Ali, does not see a glimmer of hope that indicates the return of Russian and English tourists to Sharm El-Sheikh before mid-2018. He said that the Egyptian government has exerted great efforts to review the security at various Egyptian airports in order to resume Russian flights...
