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Audit finds UN refugee agency critically mismanaged donor funds in Uganda
The UN’s refugee agency wasted tens of millions of dollars in Uganda in 2017, overpaying for goods and services, awarding major contracts improperly, and failing to avoid fraud, corruption, and waste, according to a damning internal probe. Read more
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‘Washed away within minutes’:
The town of Bukalasi and nearby villages were worst affected: 144 houses washed away, at least 46 people killed, dozens injured, 858 displaced, and 12,000 left at risk of further landslides, according to statistics from the Office of the Prime Read more
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Hospitality Industry, a leading employer in Kenya
A grim picture has recently been presented in a survey by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS); that of a whopping 7 million Kenyans currently unemployed with only 1.4 million desperately looking for work. The dire times have resulted in Read more
How Djibouti like Zambia is about to lose its port to China
Djibouti is projected to take on public debt worth around 88 per cent of the country’s overall $1.72 billion GDP, with China owning the lion’s share of it, according to a report published in March by the Center for Global Development. Read more
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Ethiopian girls learn skills to thrive
Two years ago, 16-year-old Salia Shemsu waited to be married off. She had just failed the national exam, barring her from pursuing the education she longed for. As the first-born girl in her family, Salia was now consigned to household chores – and Read more