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Kenya
Foreign embassies evacuate their nationals from Nairobi in coronavirus fears
Foreign embassies in Nairobi have evacuated their citizens to prevent them from being stuck as government ban on international flights took effect
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USA Kenya
Africa is changing so rapidly, it is becoming hard to ignore
SOMETIMES BRIDGING the gap between success and failure, between finishing high school or dropping out, requires a lot of determination and the cost of a cow. Jack Oyugi grew up as the oldest of 14 children to parents tilling an acre of ground in western Kenya. Their crops usually gave ...
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USA
Parts of Africa will remain unstable for decades
ON THE EDGE of a shallow ravine in the far western corner of Burkina Faso two vehicles bristling with machine guns come to a stop. Several bearded white men lean out, keeping watch for jihadists. Nearby, other Western soldiers are helping their African counterparts stage a mock attack on an ...
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Nigeria Regno Unito
Migration is helping Africa in many ways
“WHAT’S NIGERIA’S second city?” asks Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, an irrepressible economist and former finance minister of Nigeria, before chuckling: “London!” She is exaggerating (about 200,000 people who were born in Nigeria live in Britain) but she has a point: one of the most powerful trends shaping Africa, and the wider world, ...
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Mozambico
Covid-19: Associação diz que aquacultura está à beira da falência
A Associação Portuguesa de Aquacultores (APA) diz que o setor está “à beira da falência” e pede apoio ao Governo que assegure o fornecimento de pescado fresco aos pontos de venda.
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Portogallo
Miguel Albuquerque espera apoio do Governo ao Orçamento da Madeira
O presidente do Governo da Madeira espera que o Governo da República apoie o Orçamento Regional na tarefa de reerguer a economia da ilha, afetada pela pandemia da Covid-19.
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Portogallo
As medidas aprovadas pelo Governo para ajudar famílias e empresas
Os bancos ficam impedidos de executar as dívidas de famílias e empresas, para que fiquem excluídas da lista negra do Banco de Portugal.
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USA
Stocks Surge as Washington’s Aid Package Advances: Live Updates
Live updates on stock market and business news during the coronavirus outbreak.
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USA
Fed’s Powell Says U.S. Must Get Virus Under Control Before Economy Restarts
The Federal Reserve chair voiced a reassuring, if uncertain, message in a rare televised interview as the coronavirus grinds America’s economy to a halt.
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Brasile
State Governors Call for Enforcement of 2005 Law Providing Basic Income to All Brazilians
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian Governors meeting on Wednesday afternoon, March 25th, in a videoconference, approved a letter with a number of demands to the federal government to address the coronavirus crisis. Among these demands is the enforcement of the law that establishes "basic citizenship income" payments to all ...