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In its October World Economic Outlook report, the International Monetary Fund projected a 6.6% contraction in the UAE’s growth this year. Recovery, the institute said, was not expected before 2021. Whilst oil price swings and the coronavirus pandemic have hit hard, the UAE capital Abu Dhabi says it remains committed to its economic growth & diversification plans. Moreover, last month,… Read More

Walking Away from the Runway Halima Aden, the history-making hijabi high fashion model. A young Somali woman who has been a symbol of both religious and cultural barrier-breaking in the modelling industry chose to quit her remarkable — yet short-lived and still budding modelling career earlier this week. News that has dealt a blow to the global fashion industry which… Read More

Madagascar has affirmed its decision not to participate in the Covax global initiative for the access to Covid-19 vaccine once they have been approved and licensed. The government spokesperson confirmed the island will resort to its traditions concoction that its own scientist discovered earlier this year to stem out the virus. He further said that they were waiting to see… Read More

An immense portrait of a child in Yorkshire England aims to highlight the plight of children in war-torn Yemen. The project is the work of a group of artists known as ‘’Sand In Your Eye’’ in the United Kingdom. “We watched the report and the report was telling us how children in the Yemen were really under pressure from climate… Read More

Tunisian former referee Ali Bin Nasser eulogizes the late Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona who died at the age of 60 on Wednesday, describing him as a ”genius”. Nasser officiated the 1986 world cup quarterfinal, in which Diego Maradona scored his famous double against England. He admitted that he had doubts about the validity of Maradona’s infamous ‘Hand of God’… Read More

In Uganda, police have launched investigations into their violent crackdown on protesters last week leading to the death of dozens, a local newspaper reports quoting police spokesperson. Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson said the probe will “identify mistakes” that led to the collateral damage.” There have been calls by European Union envoys for a full and independent investigation to ensure… Read More

Nigerien History-Maker on a Mission The first person from the Niger Republic to work at NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is a woman and the name of this brilliant mind, altruistic heart and award-winning scientist is Dr Fadji Maina. Maina was raised in Zinder — one of the largest cities in the Niger Republic that has had marked… Read More

Nestor Yawovi Kogon is a Togolese teacher. When he is not instructing a class, he’s collecting currency. His curiosity for currencies has seen him rack up a collection of 1,200 coins and notes used in different countries and regions. “It was especially after some students told me that they didn’t know of a note that had just been retired that… Read More

Speaking shortly after the electoral commission’s announcement, Kabore offered an olive branch to the opposition, which has criticized re-election as flawed. “I will deploy all my efforts so that through continuous consultation, through dialogue… we can work together for peace and development,” he said at his party’s headquarters in the capital Ouagadougou. “We are all Burkinabe, seeking to build a… Read More

The Ethiopian army has blocked one of the main roads leading to its border with Sudan, preventing Ethiopians fleeing the war in Tigray from reaching the neighboring country, according to refugees who arrived Thursday at the Lugdi border crossing in eastern Sudan. “The Ethiopian army has cut the road leading to the Sudanese border at the locality of Humera (20… Read More