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With more than 50 million people in need of immediate food assistance in East Africa, La Niña will likely trigger below-average rainfall, resulting in millions of more people going hungry in 2021. Starting in mid-December, South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda are likely to suffer from below average rainfall as a result of a strong La Niña, which could result in millions more people going hungry in 2021. Lydia Zigomo, Oxfam in Horn, East, and Central Africa Regional Director, said: “The forecasted dry season will be the last straw for many, devastating their remaining crops and cutting…

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Sunday it arrested an American man in Cebu who is wanted for a sex crime in the United States. In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente identified the suspect as 57-year-old Donald Robert Tyler, whom authorities captured in his residence at Barangay San Roque, Ginatilan, Cebu last Thursday. Tyler is the subject of an arrest warrant issued by a court in Oregon state last year for alleged sodomy, according to a report by BI Fugitive Search Unit chief Bobby Raquepo. The BI said Tyler is a retiree in the Philippines but is considered an…

The Bono East NDC wishes to set the records straight with regards to the Parliamentary Ballot box snatching which is the cause of EC’s inability to declare the results of the Parliamentary Election in Sene west and some latest development on the Techiman South elections. We will like to set the record straight on whether or not the The 39 year old gentleman from Tato Bator in the Sene west Constituency who has been jailed 3 months for snatching ballot box is an NPP Member. First of all, Christian Nukpeta is an NPP polling station Youth Organizer at Tato Bator…

Bangladeshi migrant worker Sheikh Kibria recalls with horror the filthy, overcrowded dormitory where he was housed by the world’s biggest rubber glove manufacturer when a coronavirus outbreak erupted and infected thousands. Malaysia’s Top Glove saw profits soar, and its stock price jump as much as 400 percent this year as countries worldwide rushed to buy protective gear as the pandemic intensified. But in interviews with AFP, the South Asian migrants working flat out to make the gloves — who typically earn around $300 a month — described appalling living conditions, in cramped dormitories where up to 25 people sleep in…

The Government has revealed its No Deal contingency plans, including more than 3,000 lorries a week to bring in essential drugs and 1,100 extra customs and immigration officers. Preparations for Britain crashing out without a free trade agreement have so far seen Royal Navy vessels deployed to ‘threats of illegal fishing’ in UK waters, Number 10 confirmed last night. Now officials have announced a raft of other moves, including the recruitment of extra border staff to help ensure the country can keep moving once the transitional arrangement with Brussels ends. The extra employees will be supported by seven inland inspection sites, a round-the-clock Border…

The Akwatia Constituency Executives of the  New Patriotic Party have announced their intention to sack the outgoing Member of Parliament for the area Mercy Adu Gyamfi alias Ama Sey from the party effective January 7,2020. The Party has also revealed it will suspend en masse party executives who who aided Ama Sey to campaign skirt and blouse votes against NPP candidate Ernest Yaw Kumi leading to his defeat in the just ended Parliamentary election. The NPP lost the Parliamentary seat to the NDC after its Parliamentary Candidate Ernest Yaw Kumi polled 18,742 votes as against NDC’s Henry Yiadom Boakye alias…

Communication Specialist and staunch supporter of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bridget Otoo has stated in a series of tweets that she has not regretted throwing in her support for John Dramani Mahama in the just ended 2020 Presidential race. John Dramani Mahama lost out on the race last night after the Electoral Commissioner declared leader of  the National Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo winner. In a series of tweets, Bridget stated that the NDC performed exceedingly well and will continue to have her support in the coming years. Read her tweets below;  Dear NDC supporters,   I know these are…

In a bold move, US antitrust watchdogs have sued Facebook, arguing the social media giant needs to be broken up. Momentum is on the regulators’ side, experts say. Backed by attorneys general from 48 US states and districts, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday argued that social media corporation Facebook had harmed consumer choice and user data privacy with its unfair business practices. At the center of the conflict are questions surrounding the tech giant’s motivations for acquiring photo-sharing platform Instagram in 2012 and messaging app WhatsApp in 2014. The FTC argues that Facebook acquired the two apps in an…

Children in Mali suffered a sharp increase in grave violations, particularly linked to the worsening security situation throughout the country. This was highlighted in the third report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Mali (1 July 2017 – 31 March 2020). Covering a nearly three-year period, the report underlines how the protection and well-being of children affected by armed conflict has continued to deteriorate, and underscores the alarming rise in child casualties due to the escalation of violence and intercommunal conflict that continues to take a heavy toll on these vulnerable young people. Areas in central and…

About 8.6 million people (16% of analysed population) are facing IPC Phase 3 or above. Of these, about 7.2 million are classified in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and 1.4 million in Emergency (IPC Phase 4). The 2020 IPC Belg and Meher analysis has analyzed a larger rural population of 53 million people compared to 41 million in the 2020 Belg analysis. The increase in population is due to additional areas from Meher dependent areas added to the previously analyzed population. In the analysis period of October to December 2020, about 8.6 million people are facing high levels of acute food…