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Africa ‘not investing in its young people’

Africa, the continent with the fastest growing population, is doing worst when it comes to investing in young people. The World Bank has just published its Human Capital Index, which is seen as a new way of measuring economic success and gauges how
October 11, 2018

Zimbabwe economy to grow by 6 percent

Zimbabwe’s economy will grow by 6.3 percent this year driven mainly by agriculture and mining, the finance minister said Monday, as the government seeks to boost growth after the fall of Robert Mugabe. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was elected in a disputed
October 1, 2018

Why Nigerian President Buhari Could Not Be Treated in Nigeria

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole, has assured Nigerians and the international community that there is no cause for concern over President Muhammadu Buhari’s health. He also said that the president could not be treated in Nigeria because of the
May 24, 2017

Brazil president secretly taped approving bribe: report

Opposition politicians and protesters have called for the removal of Brazil’s President Michel Temer following reports that he recorded discussing payments to silence testimony by a potential witness in the country’s biggest-ever corruption probe. A recording of the alleged conversation was presented to prosecutors
May 18, 2017