Uganda kept schools closed longest – Unicef

Uganda is the only country on the African continent where schools remain fully closed for close to two years despite registering low Covid-19 infections and deaths, according to data by a UN... Read more »

Burkinabe ex-leader Compaore to snub Sankara assassination trial

President of Burkina-Faso, Blaise Compaore Compaore was forced to resign in 2014 after 27 years in power. Burkina Faso’s former President Blaise Compaore, the main defendant in a long-awaited trial on the... Read more »

Africans await reset of relations with France

Our years after a speech by French president Emmanuel Macron at the Ouagadougou University students do not hide their disillusionment. In his speech Macron vowed to begin a new chapter in France’s... Read more »

Party urges int’l community break silence to TPLF atrocities

BY YESUF ENDRIS ADDIS ABABA – The international community should break its silence to TPLF’s atrocities against the people of Tigray and react to rescue the latter from dire humanitarian situations, the... Read more »

Biden ‘expressed his support for a ceasefire’ in call with Israeli Prime Minister, White House says

 President Joe Biden voiced support for a ceasefire Monday as intensifying violence between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza entered a second week. During a telephone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin... Read more »

As they ready to reopen, British eateries short on staff: Survey

 A switch to more secure jobs and an exodus of foreign workers have exacerbated a staff shortage, a survey found. British businesses ramped up their search for new staff as pubs, restaurants... Read more »

Long working hours killing 745,000 people a year, study finds

Long working hours are killing hundreds of thousands of people a year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The first global study of its kind showed 745,000 people died in 2016... Read more »

Developing countries must speak out about vaccine inequity – Bartlett

Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, has called for leaders in the Caribbean and other parts of the developing world to come together and speak with a unified voice, in all international fora, about... Read more »

Biden’s global tax plan could leave developing nations ‘next to nothing’

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Sudan to access $2BN in World Bank grants after settling debts

Sudan is still seeking relief from some $56bn in external debt owed to international financial institutions, official bilateral creditors and commercial creditors BY STAFF REPORTERS ADDIS ABABA-Sudan has settled its debts with... Read more »