On East Turkestan Day, protests erupted in Bangladesh against the persecution of Uyghur Muslims by the Chinese government and Beijing's expansionist attitude.
Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country, shows its solidarity with the Uyghur Muslims of Xinjiang, local media reported.
The Bangladesh Muktijoddha Mancha on Saturday staged a protest against the persecution of...
The Hong Kong airline has agreed flight attendants can choose to wear trousers, after intense union pressure.
Some crew had complained that wearing short skirts had made them feel uncomfortable - especially when putting bags in overhead lockers or taking public transport to and from work.
But change will not happen...
For decades, Africa has been trapped in a cycle of debt dependency, relying on external actors for debt cancellation, debt swaps, debt exchange, debt forgiveness et al through bailout programs. In this article we argue that developing world class Industrial Ecosystems offer a more nuanced and effective approach to...
Report calls for bold policy actions to help African economies mitigate compounding risks
L-R: AfDB President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Niale Kaba, Minister of Planning and Development of Côte d'Ivoire, and Prof. Kevin Urama, Acting Chief Economist and Vice President at AfDB, at the Abidjan launch of the 2023 Africa's...
FAO Food Price Index fell 3.3 percent in December but still averaged 8.2 percent higher in 2017 compared to 2016
Global food prices declined in December, led by sharp decreases for vegetable oils and dairy products, according to the latest FAO Food Price Index .
The index, a measure of the...
Under the chairmanship of U.S. President Joe Biden, the second edition of the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit held mid-December has practically registered significant successes. The first summit was in 2014 during the presidency of Barack Obama; the administration officials in reports have, however, acknowledged regret for the long gap.
The landmark...
International donors have raised half a billion dollars for a multi-national military operation in West Africa’s Sahel region, the EU’s top diplomat said on Friday, as Europe seeks to stop migrants and militants reaching its shores.
At a conference of about 50 countries including the United States, Japan and Norway,...
Governments around the world are responding forcefully to the COVID-19 crisis with a combined fiscal and monetary response that has already reached 10% of global GDP. Yet according to the latest global assessment from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, these stimulus measures may not boost...
The father of a schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria has described the pain of losing his daughter again.
His daughter was among several others taken to the capital, Abuja, to meet President Muhammadu Buhari after their release from a month in captivity.
The father told the BBC that he...
The novel coronavirus could kill between 83,000 and 190,000 people in Africa in the first year and infect between 29 million and 44 million in the first year if it is not contained, the World Health Organization (WHO) said last week Thursday.
The projections are contained in a new WHO...