The pandemic dealt a blow to global trade and revived an old dream: Self-reliance
Danielle Paquette, The Washington Post
Dec. 23, 2020
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1of6Nura Salifu, owner of the women s clothing firm Sixteen47, surveys her factory floor in Accra, Ghana, on Oct. 26, 2020.Photo for The Washington Post by Jessica SarkodieShow MoreShow Less
2of6A vessel unloads its containers in the harbor in Tema, near Accra, Ghana, on Dec. 16, 2020. These days, Ghana imports most of what it consumes, but leaders hope to reverse that.Photo for The Washington Post by Jessica SarkodieShow MoreShow Less
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4of6A scene from inside the Sixteen47 garment factory in Accra, Ghana, , on Oct. 26, 2020.Photo for The Washington Post by Jessica SarkodieShow MoreShow Less
22 Dec 2020
Local vigilantes helped rescue 84 kidnapped schoolchildren in Nigeria on Sunday following a shootout between their abductors and security forces, local authorities confirmed.
The children were abducted Saturday as they returned home from a religious ceremony in the village of Mahuta in the state of Katsina, Gambo Isah.
After learning of their abduction, vigilantes set about tracking down those responsible. Although such kidnappings are typically carried out by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram, the assailants were reportedly a group of Fulani herdsmen in search of a ransom. The Fulani herdsmen are majority-Muslim and are also known to persecute Christians.
Monday, 21 December 2020 - 8:55
Addressing the Summit under e-Governance and Cyber Security, Foreign Minister Gunawardena highlighted that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has envisioned a people-centric and knowledge-driven new beginning for Sri Lanka, recognizing that the 21st Century was defined by knowledge and innovation.
The Foreign Minister provided an overview of Sri Lanka’s digital government architecture designed to address the needs of multiple layers of customers whilst ensuring that such services were effective, transparent and corruption, free. He noted that work was already underway to develop the Unique Digital ID relating to biographic and biometric data, the centerpiece of a citizen- centric digital regime, earmarked for completion by mid - 2021.
Freed pupils in Nigeria tell of ordeal with kidnappers
20 Dec, 2020 12:00 AM
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A group of schoolboys pictured on December 18 following their release after they were kidnapped last week in Katsina, Nigeria. More than 300 boys were taken in an attack on their school. Photo / AP
Daily Telegraph UK
By: Ibrahim Ayyuba Isah in Katsina and Will Brown, Africa Correspondent
Rayyanu had just finished studying, and was settling down for the night at his boarding school in northwestern Nigeria when he heard the gunshots. At first, we thought they were going into town. Then we realised they had invaded our school. Almost 10 of them came [into the room] with guns and told us to go outside. There were about 200 gunmen. They took us away, the teenage boy told the Sunday Telegraph after his escape.