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  • Over 30,000 Somalis Return From Conflict-Hit Yemen

    SOMALIA, 2017/06/06 Some 30,600 Somalis have reportedly returned to Somalia from Yemen since the beginning of war in Yemen in 2015, the UN refugee agency said on Friday. The UNHCR said an increasing number of Somalis are approaching the agency for assistance to support their return, citing safety concerns and limited access to services in Yemen. "UNHCR is presently providing some support to those choosing to return on their own," the UN agency said in a statement.
  • Gambia's Exiled President Accused of Massive Public Theft

    GAMBIA, 2017/06/06 Gambia's government used a court order Monday to seize assets belonging to exiled former President Yahya Jammeh. They include nearly 90 bank accounts and 14 companies linked to Jammeh. Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou says Jammeh stole $50 million in public funds before fleeing Gambia for Equatorial Guinea in January. Jammeh and his associates have been unavailable for comment since he left the country.
  • West African Regional Bloc Extends Military Mission in Gambia

    GAMBIA, 2017/06/06 West African troops have extended their military mission in Gambia by one year next entering the country in January to force out longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh, regional bloc ECOWAS said on Monday. About 500 ECOWAS troops remain in Gambia of the original 7,000 that crossed over from neighboring Senegal to compel Jammeh to go into exile and leave the presidency to Adama Barrow, who defeated him in a December election.
  • Sixth night of protests in Morocco's north

    MOROCCO, 2017/06/02 Thousands of people have demonstrated in northern Morocco for the sixth straight night as protesters request the release of the leader of a popular movement in the neglected Rif region. The Rif has been shaken by social unrest since the death in October of fishmonger Mouhcine Fikri, 31, who was crushed in a rubbish truck as he protested against the seizure of swordfish caught out of season.
  • Retirement Age Should Be Raised To 70, Says World Economic Forum

    JAPAN, 2017/05/29 The retirement age should rise to at least 70 in rich nations by 2050 as life expectancy rises above 100, according to a new statement, BBC News reveals. The World Economic Forum said that employees should continue working until 70 in nations such as the UK, US, Japan and Canada. The increase will be needed, as the number of people over 65 will additional than triple to 2.1 billion by 2050. By again, the number of workers per retiree will have halved to just four.
  • Ramadan: Time to Fast and Serve

    MOROCCO, 2017/05/28 In this holy month of Ramadan, I decided to volunteer at associations that provide help for refugees and disabled people. The significance of fasting during the entire month is not only spiritual, but has a humanitarian basis. Although I know that I’m going to break my fast at the sun set, there are other people elsewhere starving that don’t know where their next meal will come from. I joined the two associations, knowing that I had to prepare for my finals at the university simultaneously. However, I wanted to make my fasting and devotion useful ths month.
  • Uncertainty as mutinous Ivory Coast soldiers reject government proposal to end revolt

    ABIDJAN, 2017/05/18 Renegade soldiers in Ivory Coast have rejected a transaction to end a four-day mutiny next the Minister of Defence announced on national television that an agreement had been reached with the military. Mutinies in the Ivorian army, which brought Ivory Coast to a standstill in January, subsided next the government gave in to soldiers' demands over back pay and bonuses, agreeing to pay 12m CFA francs in bonuses (£15,350; €18,000). Soldiers received their initial instalment but the national has been unable to pay the balance following a collapse in the price of cocoa, the country's major export.
  • 1.4 million children in Somalia at risk of acute malnutrition in 2017

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  • Zimbabwe protest movements team up against Mugabe

    ZIMBABWE, 2017/05/03 At the same time as a disgruntled Pastor Mawarire took to social media and urged people to rise up against their government, the overwhelming reaction to his call shook the country. Presently he has formed a coalition with other activists. The economy is in the mind of each Zimbabwean. Hope was what a lot of said kept them above water, but that is presently running thin. Amid a continued decline in the socioeconomic status of the southern African country, tempers have begun to flare.
  • Nigeria Produces Implementable Draft Policy on Disaster Risk Reduction

    NIGERIA, 2017/04/28 Nigeria, with assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP Nigeria), presently has a concrete and implementable draft policy on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). This followed the validation, last week in Keffi, Nasarawa National, of an before draf The policy document is coming up for the initial time.The plan of action was initially developed by stakeholders and it was again subjected to scrutiny by a group of selected experts. It is their submission that was validated at a 2-day workshop in Keffi... The policy document is coming up for the initial time. The plan of action was initially developed by stakeholders and it was again subjected to scrutiny by a group of selected experts. It is their submission that was validated at a 2-day workshop in Keffi, Nasarawa National last week. It is all in a bid to have a nationally acceptable and practically workable Plan of Action for implementing the World framework - the Sendai Framework.