EU contributes €183m to IMF’s catastrophe containment, relief trust
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the EU on Monday announced a contribution of 183 million euros, (217 million dollars) to the IMF’s Catastrophe Containment […]
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Coronavirus: Kenya’s clinical officers issue 14-day strike notice
The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers on Sunday gave the government a 14-day strike notice to meet their demands for better working conditions. The frontline […]
Kenya to host 2020 Virtual Africa Delivery Exchange Summit
Kenya will host the Virtual Africa Delivery Exchange (ADX) Summit 2020 to deliberate on service delivery in Africa amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, an official […]
Kenya denies applying for suspension of debt payments under G20 initiative
Kenya’s Treasury said on Friday it had not applied for suspension of debt payments under the G20 COVID-19 initiative aimed at helping poor countries contain […]
Germany marks 75 years since Nuremberg trials held Nazis to account
Germany on Friday marks 75 years since the beginning of the Nuremberg Trials, a judicial marathon that held Nazi officers to account for the atrocities […]
Pfizer is first to apply for U.S. emergency use for COVID-19 vaccine
Pfizer Inc said it would apply to U.S. health regulators on Friday for emergency use authorisation (EUA) of its COVID-19 vaccine, the first such application […]
Zimbabwean journalist gets bail after arrest for tweeting
Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono has been granted bail after being re-arrested earlier this month for breaking a previous bail condition banning him from tweeting. “I […]
Italy to ban public smoking January 2021
Heavily-polluted Milan metropolis, Italy’s business and fashion capital, has decided to ban smoking at bus stops and other public places, with effect from Jan. 1, […]
World Bank grants Sudan $61.5 million to boost education
The World Bank Board of Directors has approved an education programme, supported by a US$61.5-million grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), for the […]
Expert rates African-American women voters participation `very high’ in U.S elections
Prof. Christina Wolbrecht, Director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy, University of Notre Dame says the commitment of African-American women voters […]