Bourita Aguila Salah Issa

UK court allows appeal over govt’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda

British judges in the London’s High Court gave the green light on Monday, January 16, for the Court of Appeal to consider challenges to the UK government’s plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. High Court has thus granted permission to the claimants — a group of asylum seekers — to […]

TICAD VII: UNIDO, FAO launch initiative to accelerate youth employment in Africa’s agricultural sector

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the African Union (AU), together with numerous additional partners, have launched the Flagship Initiative to Accelerate Youth Employment in Agriculture and Agribusiness in Africa. The Initiative was launched Thursday on the sidelines of the seventh Tokyo International […]

Africa and Caribbean must tap into $1 billion in export potential — ITC report

A new report published by the International Trade Centre (ITC) last Thursday urges countries in Africa and the Caribbean to tap into the more than $1 billion in export potential between both regions. ITC’s “Expanding African-Caribbean Trade“ report, released at the inaugural AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (AFCTIF) in Barbados, highlights partnerships such as between […]