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May 10, 2021 at 9:34 am Covid-19 has been a lengthy wake-up call. It is a loud and costly reminder of our lack of preparedness. One of many crucial questions this deadly pandemic is confronting us with pertains to the real definitions of human development, wealth, and power. When militarily powerful and rich countries, like the United States, find themselves in the unenviable position of leading the world in terms of the number of overall Covid-19 cases and deaths, then it is only befittin...

Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, 37, the son of Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, is seen during a military broadcast announcing the death of his father on state television Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (Tele Tchad via AP) NIAMEY, Niger (AFP) — Chad’s new leader, General Mahamat Idriss Deby, on Monday made his first visit to Niger, a fellow Sahel country fighting jihadist insurgents, since coming to power at the head of a military junta after the shock death of his father last month. The junta took c...

Mahamat Idriss Deby, son of late Chadian President Idriss Deby, attends his father’s state funeral in N’Djamena, Chad, April 23, 2021. Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via REUTERS Chad’s new leader, General Mahamat Idriss Deby, on Monday, made his first visit to Niger, a fellow Sahel country fighting jihadist insurgents, since coming to power at the head of a military junta after the shock death of his father last month. x The junta took charge on April 20 ...

Science Oasis in Africa Seeks Promising Malaria Vaccine – 05/09/2021 – Balance and Health ksuadminMay 10, 2021 28 Science’s greatest hope of overcoming one of the diseases that most afflict poor regions of the planet comes from a country normally associated with poverty and political instability. Without access to the sea and on the southern border of the Sahara, Burkina Faso in West Africa is consistently represented in the ranking of the ten least developed countries in the world. In ...

Chad’s former President Idriss Déby Itno succumbed to injuries and died on 20 April 2021 while visiting military troops on the frontlines as the rebels were advancing into Chad from southern Libya. The Libyan-based rebel group namely, Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), had been waging a persistent battle against Déby’s autocratic regime since 2016.  In fact, with Sudanese support, as the head of the Patriotic Salvation Movement, Déby  had taken over as President of Chad after...

Poor governance report rightly indicts leadership The Punch Published 5 May 2021 ACCUSTOMED to global ill-repute, Nigerians received the latest ranking of the country as the third worst governed of 104 countries surveyed with a sense of déjà vu. The Chandler Good Governance Index 2021 that ranked Nigeria as the third worst-led jurisdiction, ahead only of Zimbabwe and Venezuela, cited poor leadership, lack of strong institutions and corruption as some of the factors taken into ...

Last link in 4,600 km road drives regional integration This story shows how the OPEC Fund supports regional integration – the topic of the upcoming issue of the OPEC Fund Quarterly - and a driver of decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) and industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9). Stay tuned for the soon-to-be published OPEC Fund Quarterly !  Construction of the 225 km Arlit-Assamaka road in Niger – the missing paved stretch of the Trans-Sahara Road linking Algiers, Algeria to L...

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SL ranked 69th in National Cyber Security Index Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) Sri Lanka has advanced in the National Cyber Security Index from 98th place in 2020 to 69th place in 2021, the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) said. The National Cyber Security Index (NCSI) is a global index which measures the preparedness of countries to prevent cyber threats and manage cyber incidents. Sri Lanka has secured the 69th place this year out of 160 countries. This is ...

Muhammadiyah Universitys student community is mostly native Papuans 5 hours ago The Papua Muhammadiyah Universitys (UMPs ) Deputy Rector for Academic Affairs Indah Sulistiani (ANTARA News Papua/Hendrina Dian Kandipi) Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - The Papua Muhammadiyah University (UMP) in Jayapura has demonstrated its strong commitment to contributing to the improvement of Papua Provinces human capital, as nearly 90 percent of its registered students are native Papuans. "This real...