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Fiji Department of Information 5 April, 2021, 8:15 am Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Satyendra Prasad (top right) spoke at the recent World Bank Pre-Spring virtual Meeting. Picture: SUPPLIED Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations,  Satyendra Prasad spoke at the recent World Bank Pre-Spring virtual Meeting, during which he emphasised on the need for greater support in addressing the repeated climate catastrophes that continues to threaten stability and cohesion in many island states like Fiji. Mr Prasad joined the Senior Advisor to US Presidential ...

Your Excellency, Ambassador Baye Moctar Diop, permanent representative of the Republic of Senegal to the African Union (AU) and AU Peace and Security chairperson, thank you for giving the International Crisis Group the opportunity to address the AU Peace and Security Council on this important theme of “Peace, Security and Development: Taking Security Challenges into Account in Development Financing”. It is an honour for us to be invited to this important chamber and to present to your excellencies – permanent representatives to the AU – and to be on the panel with Smail Chergui, AU ...

By Kadiri Abdulrahman At the inception of the present regime on May 29, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari expressed his intention to diversify the Nation’s economy and move it away from sole dependence on crude oil. Top on the government’s list of diversifiable alternatives was agriculture. Government’s intention was to ensure that the country developed the agriculture sector to a point where it will complement crude oil receipts with huge exportation of agricultural products. The idea was for the country to boost agricultural production and for Nigeria to reverse its negative balance of...

Top on the government’s list of diversifiable alternatives was agriculture. Government’s intention was to ensure that the country developed the agriculture sector to a point where it will complement crude oil receipts with huge exportation of agricultural products. The idea was for the country to boost agricultural production and for Nigeria to reverse its negative balance of payment on food. The first step, however, will be for the nation to achieve self sufficiency in food by, at least, “ growing what we eat,’’ and then, put a stop to the reckless importation of food items. This ...

Top regulator warns of predatory online lending programs By Jiang Xueqing | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-12-29 21:41 Share [Photo/VCG] China's top banking and insurance regulator warned consumers of the risks and traps associated with excessive borrowing via online lending platforms on Tuesday. To acquire a large number of clients, some online lending platforms are over marketing to consumers loans and certain types of financial products, which are similar to credit cards, through various types of scenarios for online consumption. The Ch...