2026 FIFA WCQ: Mali hammer Comoros ahead of showdown against Ghana

The Eagles of Mali wasted little time dispatching Comoros ahead of its crucial game against Ghana on Monday, September 8 at the Accra Stadium at 19:00 GMT. Mali beat Comoros 3-0 in its 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier with goals coming from Nene...

Special reportHezbollah still searching for answers year after Israel's deadly pager attacks

On September 17, 2024, thousands of explosives-rigged pagers carried by Hezbollah members across Lebanon blew up, maiming thousands of the militant group's operatives, as well as civilians. A year after the unprecedented operation, the Iran-backed...

Ambassador Zokey Ahad presents credentials to President of Comoros

Dr Zokey Ahad, non-resident Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the Union of Comoros, presented his credentials to Azali nAssoumani, the President of the Union of Comoros at a ceremony at the State House, Moroni on Tuesday. Dr...

Mali vs Comoros Prediction and Betting Tips | September 4th 2025

Mali and Comoros will battle for three points in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier on Thursday (September 4th). The game will be played at Stade du 26 Mars. The home side will be back in action for the first time since falling to a 1-0 defeat to DR...

Exploring International Gaming Licenses: Why More Startups Are Looking Beyond Europe

The world of online gaming is growing fast — and so is the number of new companies wanting a piece of the action. But launching a gaming business isn’t as simple as just building a website and hoping for the best. You need a license. And not just...

UAE university gets US patent for carbon-cutting battery to power up green goals

A leading UAE university has been granted a US patent for a new eco-friendly battery cell that has been hailed as a breakthrough for efforts to cut carbon emissions. The United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain said the invention, called the...

UAE flight brings 119 Gazans for urgent medical care

The UAE on Wednesday evacuated 119 injured and ill people from the Gaza Strip in a joint relief operation with the World Health Organisation. The group, accompanied by relatives, were transported from Gaza using the Karam Abu Salem crossing to...

Comoros Seeks Fisheries Cooperation with Liberia

A high-level delegation from the Union of the Comoros Islands has expressed strong interest in forging a joint fisheries cooperation with the Government of Liberia, through the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA). The visit, held...

Comoros: Push to turn ylang-ylang distillation to greener practices

"We lost 80 percent of our natural forests between 1995 and 2014," Abubakar Ben Mahmoud, environment minister of the country off northern Mozambique, told AFP in a recent interview. With a high population density of more than 700 residents per...

How to harness the ocean for prosperity: funding African innovations can unlock the blue economy

Africa has an enormous ocean area at its disposal. There are almost 20 million square kilometres of ocean, seas and inland water that could be developed into environmentally sustainable blue economies. The G20 group of 19 of the world’s largest...

Remittances as development finance: Africa’s overlooked billions

Remittances as development finance: Africa’s overlooked billions Other global south economies provide valuable lessons on successfully transforming remittance flows into broad-based growth. Published on 26 August 2025 in ISS Today By Julia Baum...

Lavish ‘Grand Mariage’ weddings celebrate Comoros tradition, society

It is wedding season in the Comoros, when the diaspora returns to the tiny Indian Ocean islands for days-long celebrations that mark an essential rite of passage, the “Grand Mariage”. The elaborate, tradition-infused ceremonies — which can be held...

Get Ahead of Property Tax and Business License Compliance

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How Tanzania's cardiac care transformation saves lives, strengthens economy

Dar es Salaam. Until just over a decade ago, a diagnosis of heart disease in Tanzania often carried a silent sentence: overwhelming costs, a long journey abroad, or, in the worst cases, the gradual loss of hope. Before 2008, advanced cardiac...

Union of the Comoros Islands Seeks Fisheries Partnership with Liberia

BUSHROD ISLAND, Monrovia — A high-level delegation from the Union of the Comoros Islands has expressed a keen interest in establishing a fisheries partnership with Liberia through the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA). The...

Continental business women join forces to boost intra-trade

African women in business have launched a Continental Network for Women’s Business Associations in Africa (CONWOBAA), a lobby that is aimed at promoting intra-African trade. The network which is facilitated by the International Trade Centre (ITC)...

Inside the ambitious plan to turn Abu Dhabi into an action film hub

Abu Dhabi has steadily grown into a reliable stage for Hollywood’s action spectacle. A number of big-name productions have been filmed in the emirate, from Star Wars and Mission: Impossible to Denis Villeneuve’s Dune saga and Brad Pitt’s F1 The...

Polio results to take fewer days in new Kemri laboratory - Ministry

WHO Country Representative Dr Abdourahmane Diallo, Acting Director General, Kemri, Prof. Elijah Songok, and Health CS Aden Duale, EGH, as they opened the extended Laboratory in Nairobi on Tuesday. Photo/X Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)...

Kenya’s Laura Akunga Joins Top Leadership of Africa’s Women Business Network

Johannesburg, South Africa – A Kenyan entrepreneur has been elected to one of the highest leadership positions in a continental body representing women-led business associations across Africa. Laura Akunga Mwenje, founder and chief executive of...

French police 'have been using ramming tactics to stop small migrant boats entering overseas territory off Africa' - while failing to intervene in the Channel

France has deployed deadly tactics for years to prevent small boats from reaching its overseas territories, despite saying such combative intervention was illegal in the English Channel. An investigation has uncovered that at least 24 people have...