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The International Monetary Fund -IMF has set aside plans to raise at least $45bn for a new trust to help them cope with protracted challenges. Some of the challenges mentioned include pandemics, climate change, among others. The crisis lender’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST), based in Washington came into effect on May 1. It is in addition to a $650bn ...

On Tuesday, two separate attacks near border Niger and Burkina Faso and Libya left seven police officers and four soldiers dead. According to the country’s government, unidentified armed bandits attacked the Petelkole police station near Burkina Faso in western Niger and a military base in Djado in the country’s desert-covered far north. Besides the dead police officers, 10 others sustained ...

Motivational Speaker, Frank Gashumba has said MPs should learn how to lobby for their areas. Gashumba said this while on a late-night show on NBS. “Politics doesn’t end on radios and TV. Members of Parliament should learn how to lobby for their people. These ministers know politics. It is evident that their people benefit when they get prominent positions. All ...

Haruna Kasolo, the State Minister for Microfinance, has said citizens who don’t want to become rich, should leave the country. According to him, being rich is now compulsory and no one can decide not to be. “Becoming wealthy is now compulsory. You can no longer decide not to do it. This is not for fun but serious business. If you ...

The government of Guinea-Bissau has today threatened to jail or impose fines on private radio station operators. The government threatened to do this over non-payment of license fees in a move branded as an attack on press freedom. The move follows the recent suspension of all private radio stations in the West African nation over unpaid fees. Seventy-six out of ...