The parties to the South Sudan conflict have signed an agreement on the outstanding issues on governance and security geared towards restoring peace in Africa’s youngest nation. South Sudan’s warring parties have reached a power-sharing deal to end a civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions in the world’s youngest country. President Salva Kiir …

More than half of Germans surveyed in a monthly poll classify racism as a major social ill. At the same time, those polled say social issues are more important than asylum and refugee matters. Jefferson Chase (Berlin) reports.  German society is still struggling with racism. That’s one of the major conclusions from the Infratest-Dimap “Germany Trend” poll for August, which was …

With its sponsorship of and active participation in the recently-concluded Nigeria-Austria Business Forum and the Nigerian Cultural Festival 2018 in Vienna, Austria, Ecobank Nigeria Plc seek to consolidate its leadership position in Diaspora banking services. A member of Ecobank, the leading independent pan-African bank, headquartered in Lomé, Togo, Ecobank Nigeria has been active in Diaspora banking activities in the West African region for …