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Asian fraudster jailed after selling fake employment visa for Dhs6,500 in Dubai

18 Jan 2021

Sohaila Ahmed, Staff Reporter A 29-year-old Asian man was arrested and referred to criminal court for forging and selling an employment visa to earn Dhs6,500 in Dubai. The incident...

Africa cannot be complacent about pandemic

11 Jan 2021

The pandemic scenario in Africa is taking on grim proportions as each day passes. Africa makes up about 3.3 per cent of the global total of confirmed virus cases, but...

African free trade bloc opens for business, but challenges remain

01 Jan 2021

African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on Friday, after months of delays caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. But experts view the New Year’s...

Ivory Coast company brings coloured dolls to African children

23 Dec 2020

Gulf Today Report We are living in a world where colour shapes reactions — and bias. The principle that applies to people even includes dolls and toys, which is...

Long road ahead for AfCFTA

20 Dec 2020

Gulf Today Report The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was supposed to kick off months ago but coronavirus pandemic and slow pace of negotiations delayed it. The...

COVID-19 lessons from Africa for the world

18 Dec 2020

Hayley Andersen, The Independent The arrival of COVID-19 vaccines has fuelled hopes that the pandemic will be brought under control in 2021. Yet, as daily cases surge around the...

Ethiopia war destabilising east Africa, warns EU

25 Nov 2020

Fighting between Ethiopia's military and regional forces from the northern Tigray region is seriously destabilising the East African and Horn region and hostilities should halt, the European Union foreign...

Glory days gone, Gabon's only circus fights for survival

21 Nov 2020

Wiltrid Mabiala climbs to the top of a human pyramid — backwards — with the lithe agility of a cat. Six metres (20 feet) below, a thin mat offers...

Trump setting a bad trend for Africa, say Africans

05 Nov 2020

GulfToday Report It is not just a good number of Americans and those outside the country who are not amused by Trump’s whimsical behavour and controversial policies. Even those...

VIDEO: At least 12 killed in Nigeria protest shootings

21 Oct 2020

The Nigerian army and police killed at least 12 peaceful protesters in two locations of Lagos in a deadly crackdown on demonstrations, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. "Evidence gathered...

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