Uganda: Members of Parliament ask government to protect domestic workers abroad
The Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development, has urged government to expeditiously put systems in place to monitor Ugandans...
Ugandan President, Speaker push for East African Community political federation
President Yoweri Museveni and Speaker Anita Among have made a case for the political integration of the East African Community.Speaking...
50,000 migrants assisted to return to their countries in 2021 as world rebounds from COVID-19, says IOM
According to the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) 2021 Return and Reintegration Key Highlights published on Thursday, nearly 50,000 migrants were assisted...
USTDA, AIF showcase women as investment champions
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and African Development Bank’s Africa Investment Forum (AIF) co-hosted a forum of 40...
Sudan: World Bank provides $100 million in emergency support
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan has received a $100 million contribution from the World Bank to assist...
Ecobank Nigeria extends remittance services to business account holders
Ecobank Nigeria, an affiliate of the leading Pan-African banking Group, Ecobank Group, has extended its innovative remittance services to its...
WHO recommends long-acting cabotegravir for HIV prevention
WHO today released new guidelines for the use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV and called for...
UNAIDS calls for urgent global action as progress against HIV falters
Globally, the number of new infections dropped by only 3.6 percent between 2020 and 2021, the smallest annual decline in...
UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned an attack on peacekeepers serving in the Stablization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Insecurity: Senators’ impeachment threat needless – Lai Mohammed
The federal government Wednesday responded to the threat by some lawmakers to commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari if...
