Brazil’s unemployment rate rose to a record high of 13.2 percent in the quarter ending in February 2017, the country’s statistics agency IBGE said Friday. It is the highest unemployment rate since IBGE stopped calculating a monthly rate in favor of quarterly figures in 2012, up from 12.6 percent in the previous quarter. According to […]
The Afghan army personnel found attack tunnels near an army base in northern Kunduz province and captured three militants, foiling an attack against the facility, an army source said on Saturday. “On a tip-off, army soldiers launched an operation in Ismahil Qishlaq locality, Imam Sahib District on Friday and detained three militants. The captured men […]
At least 11 people were buried as landslides struck East Java province in western Indonesia and a rescue operation was underway, an official from the disaster agency said Saturday. The landslides, trigger by heavy downpours, occurred in the hill in Banaran village of Ponorogo district and destroyed 25 to 30 houses, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman […]
Brazilian President Michel Temer signed into law Friday a controversial bill on reforming labor regulations in the South American country. He did this despite that tens of thousands of Brazilians taking to the street across the country earlier in the day to protest against government-proposed social security reforms. Opponents fear the new labor law, which […]
The government of Ghana will go to the domestic capital market to raise 22.25 billion Ghana cedis (5.1 billion U.S. dollars) in the second quarter of 2017, the Ministry of Finance announced on Friday. According to the Issuance calendar posted on the Finance Ministry’s portal, the 91-day and 182-day treasury bills will be issued weekly […]
The government of Tanzania on Friday denied reports by Kenyan media and social media that claimed that President John Magufuli ordered the expulsion of all Kenyans living at the Namanga border in the Tanzanian side last week. The Kenyan media and social media reported last week that President Magufuli’s order resulted into skirmishes between Tanzanians […]
The All Africa Students Union (AASU) has noted with great concern the recent unwarranted attacks on African students in India. The report reveals that two attacks on African students took place in Greater Noida, a suburb of New Delhi in the course of this week. These ugly occurrences were, unfortunately, due to unsubstantiated reports that […]
What were your new year resolutions? Most of us have been accustomed with this virtually global tradition, where we set new life goals, hoping to achieve them in the new year. Goals are set annually – when the year is ending and another year is beginning. These goals are set to effect changes in various […]
Burundi police seized four guns and other military equipment in an operation of dismantling a group of bandits in the southern Makamba province, a police spokesman said Friday. Police mounted an operation against a group of bandits on Thursday at Kazirabageni in Nyanza-Lac district in Makamba province, said Pierre Nkurikiye. “During the operation, police agents […]
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