News link 2021-11-23 First Edition
News link 2021-11-23 First Edition
News link 2021-11-23 First Edition
As more Sierra Leoneans continue to engage in social and economic activities online, privacy and data protection is increasingly becoming a cause for concern. Discussions are already underway on the proposal of a Data Rights and Protection Bill, which seeks…
The World Bank has projected a 3.6 percent growth of the Liberian economy in 2021, before rising gradually to an average of 5.2 percent over 2022–2025. The disclosure was made Monday when the Bank launched the Second Edition of the…
Nigeria's Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has faulted the procedure adopted in the release of a document said to be the report of the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality. The leaked report had indicted officers…
A report released on Wednesday at the ongoing Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore has revealed that the Covid-19 pandemic has driven an estimated 30 million people in sub-Saharan Africa into extreme poverty. The report titled Long Covid: Jobs, Prices…
Liberia’s Coronavirus risk of infection status has been reduced from level four to level one. Few months ago, the World Health Organization listed Liberia as a level four country with COVID cases rising. Travelers were therefore advised against visiting the…
News link 2021-11-18 Third Edition
News link 2021-11-19 First Edition
On Wednesday, the third meeting of the office of the Regional Consular Chamber of UEMOA (CCR-UEMOA), which represents the private sector within the Union started in Togo’s capital, Lome. This two-day quarterly session was opened by the Minister in charge…
A Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament, Cassiel Ato Forson has vowed that the Minority in Parliament will oppose all the ‘killer taxes’ in the 2022 budget. Presenting the 2022 Budget Statement in Parliament on Wednesday, November 17,…
In Ghana, the General Legal Council, GLC, has decided to admit the 499 law students who were denied entry into the Ghana School of Law, according to their lawyer. This was revealed after a crunch meeting between leaders of the…
A federal lawmaker from Nigeria's Taraba State, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, has raised an alarm over a threat to Nigeria’s territorial sovereignty. Senator Bwacha, who represents Taraba South, raised the alarm while addressing his colleagues during Wednesday’s plenary in the Senate…