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Trump, Japan’s Abe to Seek Quick Replacement for TPP

President Donald Trump will seek quick progress toward a bilateral trade agreement with Japan in place of a broader Asia-Pacific deal he abandoned this week, when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo.

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Tanzania Secures $225m Loan from World Bank Approves for Water Sector

The World Bank’s board of executive directors has approved a $225 million loan to Tanzania to improve water supply in the African nation’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam, the bank.

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Zimbabwe: Floods Hit Borrowdale

Paidamoyo Chipunza — ands and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora and many others from his neighbourhood in Borrowdale Brooke, Harare, yesterday woke up to massive destruction and flooded homes..

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This Thing Called Corruption

By Omagbitse Barrow I grew up in what used to be lovely little place called Festac Town in Lagos in the 1980s, and sometime in the late 1980s to early.

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UN to Help Ensure Smooth Transition in Gambia

The United Nations has deployed officials to Gambia to help ensure a smooth transition from former President Yahya Jammeh’s government to that of incoming President Adama Barrow, according to Dr..

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South Africa: Drought Continues Despite Good Rains

  While there have been good rains, the country is still firmly in a drought situation – and has not recovered enough to relax the restrictions to water use, implemented.

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Libyan Forces Claim Control of Long-Besieged Benghazi District

East Libyan forces said on Wednesday they had taken complete control of a long contested district in Benghazi after dozens of families and captives trapped by fighting left the area..

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Trump Preparing Executive Orders to Reduce U.S. Role in U.N

The Trump administration is preparing executive orders that would clear the way to drastically reduce the U.S. role in the United Nations and other international organizations, the New York Times.

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Uganda Welcomes More Refugees Daily Than Some in Europe Annually, Charity Says

Uganda welcomed more refugees each day in 2016 than many wealthy European countries received the entire year, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said Wednesday, seeking to debunk the myth that.

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Tanzania to Receive World Bank $305m Loan for Port Expansion

Tanzania will receive a $305 million loan from the World Bank to expand its main port in it main commercial city Dar es Salaam, where congestion and inefficiencies are hampering.

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