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Qatar USA
Thousands of displaced Iraqis living with psychological toll of conflict
Source: International Organization for Migration Country: IraqIOM has been offering support to IDPs since November 2016 – virtually since the start of the Mosul crisis – by providing integrated psychosocial services to 24,399 displaced Iraqis. Mosul – Weeks after the retaking of Mosul city, many internally displaced persons (IDPs) are exhibiting signs ...
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USA Ghana
Ghana: Economy Among Africa's Best
[Business Day] Ghana is the eighteenth-most attractive economy for investments flowing into the African continent, according to the latest Africa Investment Index (AII) compiled by Quantum Global's independent research arm, Quantum Global Research Lab. In 2016, Ghana attracted a net foreign direct investment of US$3.5bn.
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Etiopia
IDA Targets to Commit U.S.$4.6 Billion to Ethiopia
[Addis Fortune] The International Development Association (IDA), a wing of the World Bank, has allocated a 4.6 billion dollar loan to Ethiopia for 2018. The Association's priority areas will be water supply, sanitation, education, trade, logistics and development of woman entrepreneurship.
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Brasile Portogallo
Ex-secretário depõe na PF sobre irregularidades nos transportes do Rio
Terminou o depoimento do ex-deputado e ex-secretário da Ordem Pública do prefeito Eduardo Paes Rodrigo Bethlem, na sede da Polícia Federal (PF), onde se apresentou espontaneamente por volta das 10h desta terça-feira (15/8) depois de ter sido alvo de uma operação para o cumprimento de dois mandados de busca e ...
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Portogallo
Azeredo Lopes: “Exército está a ir além dos limites expectáveis de participação” nos fogos
O ministro da Defesa realçou a importância das forças de defesa nacionais no combate aos incêndios que deflagram em Portugal.
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Brasile
Brazil Residential Sales Show Marginal Decline in July
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to the latest FipeZAP Index, which tracks real estate prices in Brazil’s twenty biggest cities, prices in Brazil’s residential real estate sales market registered a slight decline in July of -0.15 percent. July’s marginal decline represents the fifth consecutive ...
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Cina USA
Freihandel - Streit mit China: Trumps handelspolitischer Drahtseilakt
Der US-Präsident will die Daumenschrauben anziehen, braucht aber China als Partner gegen Nordkorea
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Russia Nigeria
Russian bank targets Nigeria, others in expansion drive
Promsvyazbank, one of Russia’s largest privately-held banks, is looking to Nigeria and other Africa countries to expand its business, one of its senior executives told Reuters. Alexander Meshcheryakov, the bank’s Head of Transaction, Documentary and International Businesses said in an interview in Moscow that the move was due to sluggish ...
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Nigeria
CBN injects $364m into inter-bank FX market
The Central Bank of Nigeria has intervened in the Inter-Bank market to the tune of $364m to sustain liquidity in the Foreign ExchangeMarket. Mr Isaac Okorafor, the Acting Director of Corporate Communications Department, CBN said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Okorafor said the Retail Secondary Market Intervention ...
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Nigeria
Whistle-Blower Policy: FG receives 5,000 tips on looted funds
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun on Tuesday said that the Federal Government has received a total of 5,000 tips from Nigerians through the Whistle-Blower Policy. She said this in Abuja during a presentation on “The Whistle-Blower Policy and its implication for public servants” which was delivered at a ...