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Ecobank $183m impairment losses underscore risks in sovereign bonds
12 May 2024 08:15 GMT
… African banking group Ecobank has more than doubled its impairment … Kenya, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia … asset concentration, and illiquidity.
African countries considered … , Mozambique and Zimbabwe, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, the Gambia, …
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Five Georgia State Students Earn National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
15 May 2024 15:05 GMT
… medical conditions.
“Decreased GABA levels have been implicated in diseases … as mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease and dyslexia,” … her work on Africana sacred languages, particularly … various West and Central African indigenous religions and …
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Prof. Abdul Rasheed Gatrad’s Journey from Postman to OBE Doctor
13 May 2024 16:19 GMT
Professor Abdul Rashid Gatrad OBE, OBE, DL, FRCP, Hon FRCPCH, MRCS, one of Britain’s most senior and esteemed Consultant Paediatricians, has urged the Pakistan government to provide vocational training to the most underprivileged children, aligning this …
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How UK's most respected Asian doctor turned attention to Pakistan
12 May 2024 14:49 GMT
LONDON: One of Britain’s senior most and respected Consultant Paediatrician Professor Abdul Rashid Gatrad OBE has called on the Pakistan government to empower, with vocational training, the most under-privileged children, aligning this to the United …
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CAR: Some displaced people receiving assistance to move out of camps
12 May 2024 07:00 GMT
… conflict in Central African Republic (CAR), one in five Central Africans is either … clean water, sanitation, food, education, medical care, and intercommunal clashes.
However … was complicated. Due to his disability, Raphael needed help drawing water …
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Putting workers and people first, By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu Yusuf
11 May 2024 05:12 GMT
… in the “British” Cameroons province. The workers’ … destroyed public educational, health and judicial institutions. … hunger, misery, poverty, diseases, illiteracy, criminalities, lawlessness, insecurity, … the major force paralysing, patronising, pacifying …
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What are the reasons and concerns related to floods in Kenya? | Explained
16 May 2024 13:38 GMT
The story so far: India on May 14 sent fresh consignments of relief materials, including medicines and essential supplies, to the flood-affected people of Kenya, as the nation continues to reel under the impact of incessant rainfall and flooding.
At least …
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Guinea Worm Disease Reaches All-Time Low: Only 13* Human Cases Reported in 2022
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Emily Staub
Tigrai Online 1/26/2023
Provisional figure marks a 13% reduction from record low reported in 2021
Infections in animals, key to eradication, decline 21% from previous year
Democratic Republic of the Congo certified as free of Guinea …
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Toddler video superstar ‘Ms Rachel’ launches fundraiser for children in Gaza, dividing Jewish moms
15 May 2024 22:21 GMT
Ms. Rachel, the hit children’s video educator, singer-songwriter, in a clip from one of her videos. (Screenshot via YouTube)
(JTA) — The children’s YouTube sensation Ms. Rachel has ignited a controversy among Jewish and Israeli moms — and it’s not about …
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In brief: Annual Oakland Greek Festival to return Friday through Sunday
15 May 2024 18:33 GMT
OAKLAND
This year’s Oakland Greek Festival, sponsored by the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, will return this Friday through Sunday.
Along with breathtaking panoramic views from the Oakland hills, festival-goers can anticipate their delectable …