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Two dozen police officers and soldiers arrived in Haiti on Thursday, to help bolster a Kenya-led, UN-approved mission against violent gangs. They will be working alongside the country's police and military to tackle the gangs. Around 580,000 people have been displaced since the fighting broke out.
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The State Department on Thursday lifted its advisory against traveling abroad, more than four months after urging U.S. citizens to avoid leaving the country amid the coronavirus pandemic.
[Dalsan Radio] A second wave of COVID-19 infections in Mogadishu is overwhelming in De Martini hospital.
Jamaica on Tuesday recorded one additional COVID-19 death along with 126 new cases.\tThe deceased is a 61-year-old St James woman who had multiple comorbidities.\tThe death tally now stands at 76.\tOf the new cases, the patients range between the ages...
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Election campaigns in Ivory Cost took a violent turn last weekend with deadly violence in the city of Bongouanou, 200km north of Abidjan.
Two people were killed as two ethnic communities clashed.
While the violence appeared spontaneous, regional bloc ECOWAS is worried. It has dispatched a delegation to the country to try and calm tensions.
Ethnically charged slogans and messages have increased as the west African country prepares for a presidential election on October 31.
Political analyst Sylvain N'Guessan says last weekend's clashes are a sign of more violence to come.
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It will charge Sh600 for a seven-kilo clothes, including washing and drying, and targets item like sheets and duvets.
[Africa Renewal] Hanna Tetteh is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union. As head of the UN Office to the African Union (UNOAU), Ms. Tetteh spoke with Africa Renewal's Kingsley Ighobor on, among other issues, the current state of the UN-AU partnership and how women and young people can help resolve conflict. These are excerpts from the interview:
[WFP] How sustainable farming ideas from development startups supported by the World Food Programme's Innovation Accelerator gained global recognition
(Trinidad Express) A police officer was killed on the Solomon Hochoy Highway, near the Brian Lara Stadium on Thursday night.
The article Trinidad cop dies in crash appeared first on Stabroek News.
Tanzania has reportedly said it has no plans to import Covid-19 vaccines, instead pinning its hopes on research into “local herbs”. In an interview with The East African newspaper, Health Ministry spokesperson Gerald Chami went on to cast doubt on the safety and efficacy of imported vaccines. He claimed that development has been too rapid for effective testing. Covid-19 vaccine tests meet rigorous international standards. Tanzania’s approach to Covid-19 has been at odds with its East African neighbours, who have seen a recent surge in cases. The country stopped reporting new cases at the end of April, and President John Magufuli claimed that the country was virus-free. It was also one of the first countries to order Madagascar's self-proclaimed, plant-based Covid-19 remedy in May, despite warnings that its efficacy was unproven.- BBC
Elsies River and Ravensmead made headlines again this week as police increased efforts to reduce a spate of gang-related shootings.
[The New Humanitarian] Addis Ababa -- 'We are surrounded by war, and we can't move.'
Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat on Friday boasted of the projected 6.1% growth of the non-oil sectors in this year’s budget and said it will protect the country from the bane of new producers – the Dutch disease.
“Budget 2021 creates incentives for the traditional non-oil sectors.
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Guardian Holdings Ltd (GHL) – the regional insurance and financial services conglomerate – has recorded a group profit of $382 million for the nine months ended September 30.
This represents a 187 per cent or $249 million increase over the previous corresponding period.
In its summary consolidated financial statements, GHL said its earnings per share increased to $1.65 versus $0.57 in the previous comparative period.
Equity value per share was $21.13 versus its comparative of $17.77.
\"Our results benefited from year-over-year revenue growth as well as fair value gains generated in the current year versus losses in the prior year. This was partially offset by increasing reinsurance costs, higher operating expenses due to increased sales activities and international financial reporting standard (IFRS) 17 implementation costs as well as an increase in insurance finance expenses partially due to the impact of interest rate movements on liabilities and higher taxation expense,\" GHL chairman Robert Almeida said.
Almeida reminded shareholders that GHL has implemented IFRS 17 insurance contracts effective January 1.
IFRS 17 replaced IFRS 4 insurance contracts and materially changed the financial statements in terms of presentation, recognition and measurement of insurance contracts mainly in the life, health and pension segment.
GHL said its excellent performance was driven by its life, health and pension (LHP) segment, which contributed insurance revenues of $2.083 billion up from $1.797 billion in the prior year.
The property and casualty segment also reported increases in insurance revenues of $2.006 billion up from $1.836 billion in the prior year, principally from operations in the Dutch Caribbean and Bermuda markets.
Revenue from the insurance brokerage segment was $178 million, up 11 per cent from the prior year.
Net income from investing activities also increased by $747 million over the prior year to $1.2 billion. The net change from fair value movements over the previous year was gains of $666 million achieved from all main classes of investments, with local equities being a significant contributor.
Foreign exchange gains in the current year versus prior year losses also contributed to the favourable results.
\"GHL continues to focus efforts on developing through thirdparty business, increased structuring and trade activities. Other operating expenses that were not attributable to insurance portfolios increased by $22 million or four per cent year-over-year. This was in part due to a combination of inflationary impacts on cost structure, continued investment in IFRS 17 implementation and increased technological expenses,\" Almeida said.
He added that GHL remains resolute on optimising performance whilst building out the phases of its strategic journey geared toward further digital technology, and exploring new markets, products and services.
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Kenyan dairy farmers have protested the push by their US peers for unfettered access into the local market in the proposed free trade agreement between Nairobi and Washington.
[VOA] Addis Ababa -- Passersby called the raucous campaigns this week in Addis Ababa \"beautiful,\" with many noting they had never seen political discourse like this before in Ethiopia.
Malawi gained independence on this day in 1964. The country, which was formerly known as Nyasaland is one of the smallest on the continent. According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Malawi is one of the least developed countries in the world as its economy relies heavily on agriculture. Bordered by Zambia, Tanzania, and...
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The U.S. reported a record-high 121,888 new coronavirus cases Thursday — the second straight day the country has set a new mark for daily cases.
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My country remained a strange and interesting place in the run up to the National and Regional Elections 2020, for reasons which I never understood.
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Many of us are quick to blame Covid-19 pandemic for the mess we are in yet even before the pandemic we were fighting epic existential battles.
