World Bank blacklist forces Uganda to raid domestic money market to finance budget
The central bank, opposition politicians and government officials say soaring debt service costs have been eating into funds needed to finance critical needs. The extra borrowing will likely put pressure on interest rates, the ministry said.
Homosexuality, election fraud land Uganda, Zimbabwe leaders US stiff visa restrictions
In June, the US State Department imposed visa restrictions on Ugandan officials after the passage of the law. The State Department also previously put visa restrictions on Ugandan officials following the country’s 2021 elections, which it called “flawed.”
60 media workers killed in Israel-Hamas crossfire as journalists say the ‘war beyond compare’
Along with the human toll, the premises of many media organisations in Gaza have been destroyed, he said. He estimated there were about 1,000 journalists and media workers in Gaza before the conflict and said that now, no one can get out.
Weak currency, high taxes and high fuel cost shrink Kenya’s private sector activity further
The Federation of Kenya Employers said last month that 70,000 jobs have been lost in the past year due to the jump in business costs. The survey also pointed to a gloomy near-term, with only 17% of responding companies expecting growth.
UK home secretary arrives in Kigali, ready to sign controversial asylum treaty with Rwanda
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under intense pressure to cut net migration, which hit a record 745,000 last year, and end the flow of asylum seekers who pay people smugglers for their Channel crossings, often in overcrowded, unseaworthy boats.
Great Reset: Super-rich men pioneered seed, drug and food patenting, now want to ban competition and extinguish cows
Estimates range from 40 per cent to as high as 80 per cent of jobs being lost to AI, Bruner said. “So what happens when everybody loses their job?”
How world’s 13 super-rich men are usurping God with their searing economic, health and political terror
Calling themselves the Good Club, their aim was to “set the agenda for the future of global health,” Bruner wrote. Building on the Club of Rome think tank founded in 1968 by Rockefeller-linked scientists and intellectuals, the Good Club members devised the “Giving Pledge,” an initiative designed to steer billions toward their priority of slowing population growth.
Prosecutors oppose Hunter Biden’s application to subpoena Trump documents in gun case
The long-running case had appeared to be headed for a plea deal this summer, but the agreement on tax and gun charges broke down after Noreika, a Trump nominee, raised questions about it during a plea hearing.
Britain in a catch 22 situation as it announces stricter visa measures to reduce net migration
In October, the government’s independent migration adviser recommended abolishing the so-called shortage occupations list, one of the main routes for businesses to hire migrant workers in sectors where there are severe staff shortages.
