ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 16, 2022 Security experts at Microsoft have discovered malware on dozens of government computers in Ukraine that could render them unusable, the U.S. tech giant said. Although the malware disguised itself as a blackmail programme, its true purpose was to be able to destroy data on theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 15, 2022 Uganda says the fuel shortage in some parts of the country is due to the interruption in the supply chain at the common border with Kenya. The interruption was caused by transit truck drivers who were protesting charges for COVID-19 tests at the border.Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 14, 2022 North Korea test-fired what were believed to have been two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, the general staff of the South Korean armed forces said. The launches came after North Korea’s Foreign Ministry accused the U.S. of “provocation’’ for imposing further sanctions on PyongyangContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 14, 2022 Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, says the inauguration of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) will accelerate transactions in Africa. Akufo-Addo, represented by the Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, spoke at the inauguration of PAPSS in Accra, Ghana, monitored virtually by the News AgencyContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 12, 2022 The World Health Organisation has expressed concern over the escalating crisis in Sudan, including 15 reported attacks on health care workers and health facilities since November 2021. According to WHO’s Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, the Organisation is following theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 11, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden raised concerns about air strikes in the conflict in northern Ethiopia and about human rights issues during a call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday, the White House said. Biden reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to working alongside theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 11, 2022 The United Nations said it had begun talks in Sudan on Monday to save the move towards democracy after a military coup. UN officials contacted political parties to find a way to move forward, and the military did not challenge the initiative, UN SpecialContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 11, 2022 President of the European Parliament David Sassoli has died at the age of 65. Sassoli died early Tuesday morning in a hospital in the Italian municipality of Aviano, his spokesman Roberto Cuillo confirmed to dpa. On Monday the EU parliament confirmed he had beenContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 11, 2022 UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Monday formalised his prior announcement that Ms Amina Mohammed of Nigeria will continue in her role as Deputy Secretary-General during his second term for another five years. In delegating development coordination to Mohammed, the secretary-general set in motion theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 10, 2022 UN says humanitarian partners working to provide aid in Tigray, northern Ethiopia have suspended activities due to recent airstrikes in camps for internally displaced persons and refugees in the area. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said some aid agenciesContinue Reading
