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Jamaica pledges leadership, commitment and strategic focus as it seeks re-election to the IMO council Jamaica has pledged to “offer leadership, commitment and strategic focus” by continuing its role as a Council member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) – the United Nations specialised agency responsible for the safety, security and pollution control of the global shipping industry. Announcing Jamaica’s candidature for re-election to Category C of the IMO Council for 2022-2023, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said: “Jamaica will continue to offer leadership, commitment a...

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 January 2021: A Sierra Leonean, Ambassador Yvette Stevens (M.Sc., DIC., FSLIE, MIET) has won the 2021 Imperial College Distinguished Alumni Award The prestigious Imperial College London is a one-of-a-kind institution in the UK, focusing solely on science, engineering, medicine and business. It has been consistently rated in the top-five UK universities and in the top-ten universities worldwide. The Imperial College Alumni Awards started in 2020, and honours alumni in three categories, namely the Distinguished Alumni Award, the Emerging Alumni Leader Award and the Al...

Kenya-UK trade deal won’t harm EAC Friday December 18 2020 By JAINDI KISERO Summary Signing a deal became urgent for Kenya because the country needed to access the UK market beyond 2020 when EU regulations will cease to apply to the UK. Kenya had either to negotiate a bilateral deal with the UK or face the consequences of trading with the UK under manifestly disadvantageous WTO trading terms. Making things even more complicated, Kenya could only negotiate a post-Brexit arrangement with the UK with the concurrence of Kenya’s regional partners under the East African Customs Union. I have ta...