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 »
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 »
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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 »
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 »
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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 »
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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 »