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ILO: COVID-19 Drives Wages Down and Increases Inequality

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The Inter­na­tion­al Labor Orga­ni­za­tion says wages plunged dur­ing the first six months of the year due to the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, with women and low­er paid work­ers among the biggest losers.  Its report is based on data from

Uganda’s Wine Demands End to Interference in His Presidential Campaign

KAMPALA, UGANDA — Pres­i­den­tial can­di­date Bobi Wine filed a com­plaint with Ugan­da’s elec­tion com­mis­sion after police fired tear gas and rub­ber bul­lets Tues­day at his sup­port­ers, send­ing at least five to the hos­pi­tal. In a three-hour closed-door meet­ing Wednes­day with the

UN, Nigerian Authorities: More Bodies Recovered After Boko Haram Massacre

ABUJA, NIGERIA — Niger­ian author­i­ties say they are try­ing to res­cue at least 10 women who were abduct­ed by Boko Haram mil­i­tants in an attack over the week­end that left at least 43 peo­ple dead.   Boko Haram on Tuesday

Nigeria’s Police Reform Efforts Under Scrutiny

Lek­ki Toll Gate, a non­de­script toll plaza on a busy Lagos high­way, has become a ral­ly­ing cry for Nige­ri­ans demand­ing police reform.After dark on Octo­ber 20, eye­wit­ness­es say, secu­ri­ty forces opened fire on pro­test­ers demon­strat­ing against Nigeria’s Spe­cial Anti-Rob­bery Squad,

Dow Closes at Record on News of Second Potential COVID-19 Vaccine

The U.S. Dow Jones Indus­tri­al Aver­age closed at a record high Mon­day as investors embraced news of anoth­er break­through in the effort to devel­op an effec­tive COVID-19 vac­cine to attack the glob­al coro­n­avirus pan­dem­ic.   The bell­wether Dow Jones Industrial

Pro-EU Reformer wins Moldovan Presidential Election

MOSCOW — A pro-Euro­pean reformer has won the pres­i­den­cy of Moldo­va — defeat­ing her Moscow-backed oppo­nent in a sec­ond-round vote that cen­tered around the econ­o­my, cor­rup­tion, and what course the small, one-time Sovi­et repub­lic would choose in the tug and

Former Harvard Coach, Dad Charged in Latest Admission Scheme

A for­mer Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty fenc­ing coach and a Mary­land busi­ness­man have been arrest­ed and charged with con­spir­ing to cir­cum­vent the school’s admis­sions process, accord­ing to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston. Peter Brand, 67, a for­mer Har­vard fenc­ing coach who

Analysts: Sudan Could Play Key Role in Tigray Conflict

KHARTOUM — As thou­sands of Ethiopi­ans flee the Tigray con­flict into neigh­bor­ing Sudan, ana­lysts in Khar­toum say Sudan could play a key role in the con­flict.  Sudan is chan­nel­ing the refugees — esti­mat­ed to be at least 20,000 —

WHO Says Vaccine Announcement Encouraging, More Data Needed

Experts at the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) say the news Mon­day of anoth­er COVID-19 vac­cine can­di­date is encour­ag­ing but more infor­ma­tion is need­ed and, as new virus cas­es surge around the world, it is no time to be complacent.

Thousands of Refugees from Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Fleeing Violence

The bor­der town of Ham­day­at, Sudan, is now home to thou­sands of refugees from Ethiopia’s Tigray region flee­ing vio­lence. Among the esti­mat­ed 8,000 who have arrived in recent days are the par­ents of sev­en-month-old twins born pre­ma­ture­ly, lay­ing on a