United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says countries are increasingly recognising the need to implement reforms to ease…
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Angola is currently aiming to reclaim its former glory as a top coffee-exporting country. This is part of its efforts…
In response to the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic, countries are putting in place a variety of investment policies. A special issue…
Despite border restrictions in the Middle-East due to the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic, African migrants are still exploiting the region to…
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has charged parliaments to ensure emergency measures put in place by the Executive arm of governments…
Before the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic, economic watchers said Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari’s economics was struggling to shake off the…
Thursday, May 14, 2020, will mark Leah Sharibu’s 17th year of existence on earth. By that day, she will also…
Most of the steps taken by countries to stop the spread of COVID-19 pandemic have important consequences for human rights,…
The lesson Sierra Leone learned from the Ebola outbreak is helping her to tackle the menace of COVID-19 pandemic. Sierra…
There are growing fears that the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) will not be able to rebuild their societies even after…
The rampaging COVID-19 pandemic is presenting a new problem for sex workers, says Human Rights Watch. The rights group’s Senior…
Some 200,000 seafarers and fishers around the world are stranded due to the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic. Director of International Labour…
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) says the ripple effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is being compounded in places where public…
Co-founder of PayDunya, Youma Dieng Fall, says their goal is to simplify the digitalisation of sales, payments and management for all…
The rapid spread of COVID-19 in West and Central Africa has led to a shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). …
Love they say is the beauty of life, love lost can cause untold pain but love in the midst of…
Even though by 2015, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had performed below the high expectations of many Nigerians and…
The United Nations Children Fund, (UNICEF) has disclosed that an estimated 19 million children globally in 2019 are living in…
Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), David Beasley, says the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is making its ‘’significant…
After fleeing clashes in Diebougou, a gold mining region in Burkina Faso’s south, over 1,300 Nigeriens are currently stranded in…
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is calling on African countries to give extra attention to food security. The…
Cotton farmers, mill labourers, garment workers, fashion brands and retail assistants are facing the additional impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.…
Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in the course of discharging his statutory and legislative obligations,…
Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong, has placed a ban on movements between local government areas in the state, beginning from…
The most important universal shock that has flowed from the COVID-19 pandemic is that most governments in the world were…
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned that 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy are in immediate danger of…
Grocery workers, flight attendants and autoworkers have seen their health and livelihoods threatened by the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic. This is…
The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures put in place to contain its diffusion are taking a heavy toll on the…
“Australia is always there, making trouble. It is a bit like chewing gum stuck on the sole of China’s shoes.…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Resilience Coordinator for West Africa, Coumba Sow, has painted a grim picture of the…