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Former European bank chief Mario Draghi looks set to be Italy’s next prime minister, following the resignation of Giuseppe Conte. Draghi agreed on Wednesday to try to form a non-political government to steer Italy through the COVID-19 pandemic after last-ditch negotiations among political parties failed to produce a viable governing coalition. Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella met with Draghi, who is credited with having saved the euro during Europe’s debt crisis, and gave him a mandate to try to form a new government to replace caretaker premier Conte’s coalition of the 5-Star Movement and Democratic Party. Draghi told reporters he accepted…

Scottish lawmakers are looking at whether to issue an unexplained wealth order against former US President Donald Trump over his purchases of two golf courses in Scotland. Eric Trump, Donald Trump’s son, has called the move an attack based on “personal agendas” which ignores the economic benefits of the resorts in Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire. But Scottish Green Party leader Patrick Harvie said there were “serious concerns” over the source of the money that Donald Trump and the Trump Organization used to buy them. Unexplained wealth orders require individuals to explain the source of wealth used to acquire property and other…

Between January and August 2021, it is estimated that 194,000 people, representing 17% of the population analyzed, are likely facing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above). During the current period of October to December 2020, most of the country’s rural areas were classified in Crisis (IPC Phase 3). During this period, 155,000 people, or 14% of the analyzed population (out of a total of 1.17 million people), were estimated to be facing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), of which 26,000 people (2% of the analyzed population) were estimated to…

The UK’s Oxford University has released a study showing the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine cut transmission of the virus by two-thirds and prevented severe disease. The study, which has not been peer-reviewed yet, also suggested that a single dose of that Covid-19 vaccine provided a high level of protection for 12 weeks. Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Wednesday (local time) that the study “backs the strategy that we’ve taken and it shows the world that the Oxford vaccine works effectively”. The UK has been following a contentious strategy of delaying the second shot so it can protect more people quickly with…

The United Nations Secretary-General, on Tuesday, voiced grave concerns over the crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and underscored the need for urgent efforts to protect populations at risk. According to a statement issued by his spokesperson, Secretary-General António Guterres remained “seriously concerned” over the situation in the region, where hundreds of thousands of people are in need of humanitarian assistance. In the statement, the Mr. Guterres “attached strong importance to the partnership between the Government of Ethiopia and the United Nations, through its Country Team, in addressing the acute humanitarian needs of all affected populations.” The UN chief “underlined the need for continued urgent…

Agencies are unable to reach the Central and Western parts of the region, and two refugee camps are completely inaccessible. Access is limited to areas along major roads or the capital Mekelle. Twelve weeks since the start of conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, meaningful humanitarian operations have still not begun. Aid organisations are unable to reach the Central and Western parts of the region, and two refugee camps are completely inaccessible. In the few instances where agencies are accessing the region, it is limited to areas along major roads or the capital Mekelle. Aid workers face an unpredictable approval process…

Repeated attacks on the Manmade River systems have caused about 190 wells to be rendered out of service while a general deterioration of the water network is causing a water loss of up to 50 percent. UNICEF expresses concern over the deteriorating WASH situation in Libya. Over 4 million people, including 1.5 million children will face imminent water problems if immediate solutions are not found and implemented. The prolonged crisis has left the sector facing great challenges, leading to a significant decline in services. This is mainly attributed to the lack of required budgets for the purchase of equipment, operational…

The cyclone has hit at a time the country was already battling to contain Covid-19. Tens of thousands of displaced people are squashed in camps without masks, preventive material or clean water. Cyclone Eloise, which recently hit Sofala province central Mozambique, compounded by covid-19 and economic fallout from previous climate-fuelled disasters, has crippled people’s ability to recover, and left over 260 thousand people in desperate need of humanitarian aid, said Oxfam. Around 142 thousand hectares of land and crops and over 16 thousand houses have been washed away or destroyed, forcing people to seek shelter in schools, mosques and churches…

Leader of Glorious Word and Power Ministry, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah has revealed that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will succeed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and rule Ghana as President before any other person. He disclosed that this has been blessed by God and only those with a spiritual eye can see it manifesting calling on the rank and file of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to commit it to prayer. “Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will continue with the governance of this country after Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. It will be after him that anybody else can come to take over the affairs of…

Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor upon assumption of office as president in 2001 as Commander-In-Chief of Ghana Armed Force wanted to arrest his predecessor, Jerry John Rawlings and take him into custody, former special aide to the late Jerry John Rawlings, Victor Smith has alleged. “Rawlings under Kufuor suffered some indignities, people have talked about withdrawal of his courtesies for a former President or a very senior person in our country, in the first 6 months of President Kufuor coming into power, in June 8 his house was surrounded and they wanted to take him, they wanted to arrest Rawlings but for the intervention of…