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Yemisi Izuora/Agency Report The United Nations, UN is deeply worried over displacement of more than 30,000 Nigerians who are forced to flee the protracted war against Islamist insurgents in the…
Source: Guardian International Concerns over Chinese growth could spell problems for Africa and other parts of the developing world. Beijing funded an overseas investment boom in the past few decades…
Yemisi Izuora World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim, will resign effective from February 1, more than three years ahead of the expiration of his tenure in 2022, the bank…
A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday sentenced a Brazilian couple to short prison terms for helping to kidnap their grandson from the US. A Houston jury had convicted…
Yemisi Izuora The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Africa’s leading entrepreneurship-focused philanthropy, has announced a call for entries for the 2018 TEF Entrepreneurship Forum Travel Fellowship for African journalists. The Travel Fellowship…
Hyacinth Chinweuba/Agency Report Two crew members of a Maltese-flagged chemical tanker have died following inhalation of toxic fumes while working in one of the ship’s tanks. The Norwegian police said…
Yemisi Izuora/Agency Report UK charities have urged Theresa May to ensure that UK aid remains focused on poverty reduction after she pledged that aid money would serve the national interest,…
Agency Report A global network of NGOs has signed a ‘game-changing’ insurance policy, intended to pay out if a drought hits Senegal, enabling aid agencies to offer live-saving help before…
Yemisi Izuora The British government has announced plans to ban the sales of energy drinks to children, amid growing concern about the impact that the high-caffeine, high-sugar drinks are having…
Yemisi Izuora The African Union has said that corruption is costing Africa $148 billion annually. At an estimated 25 percent of the continent’s average gross domestic product, the AU calls…
