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D-8 meeting: Nigeria, Egypt and other developing nations seek to deal with currency, energy and food crises

More cooperation was needed among developing nations to overcome dwindling foreign currency reserves, a growing energy crisis and supply chain disruptions, according to business leaders and officials from eight developing nations meeting in Bangladesh. Representatives from Egypt, Nigeria, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan and Bangladesh under the banner of D-8, or developing eight countries, were discussing […]

France: “We are at war” Holland

French President Tuesday declared France at war following Islamist attack on a church at Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray which left the priest assassinated. Francois Holland on visit to the scene of the attack also announced that the Islamic State (IS) group has declared war to France. “We are in front of a group, Daech that has declared war […]

Global progress, local struggles: ILO presses for urgent action to end child labour in Africa

As the world marked the 2025 World Day Against Child Labour, the International Labour Organization (ILO) renewed its call for urgent, collective action to eliminate child labour — particularly in sectors like agriculture and artisanal mining, where millions of African children continue to work under hazardous conditions. Despite a global drop from 160 million child […]