Will Namibia’s new visa policy do more harm than good?
Namibia is imposing new visa restrictions on over 30 countries that it says do not reciprocate the ease of entry it grants their citizens. Can the tit-for-tat move make things fair, or…
WHO orders rapid COVID-19 tests for world’s poor
The World Health Organization plans to make 120 million rapid-diagnostic coronavirus tests available for people in lower- and middle-income countries. The tests are fast, simple and cheap — but are they reliable?…
Increase in food prices and food security in Nigeria
The food index rose to 15.18% compared to 15.04% recorded in May 2020 while core inflation, which excludes the prices of volatile agricultural produce that stood at 10.13% in June 2020 compared…
Covid 19: Making the poor poorer
Every day thousands of people around the world continue to become direct casualties of the Covid-19. But there’s another group slowly emerging -- indirect victims who have not contracted the virus but…
Guatemala’s poor use coloured flags to ask for help amid pandemic
In Guatemala, poor inhabitants in the capital in need of help wave coloured flags to ask for food and medicine as the quarantine has exacerbated economic hardship for many.…
Bandit attacks displace hundreds of villagers in Nigeria
North western Nigeria is in the midst of a crisis. Five years of banditry has impoverished an already poor population. Thousands of cattle have been stolen and dozens of villages destroyed.…
Bandit attacks displace hundreds of villagers in Nigeria
North western Nigeria is in the midst of a crisis. Five years of banditry has impoverished an already poor population. Thousands of cattle have been stolen and dozens of villages destroyed.…