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Unemployment and inflation in Africa’s largest economy is driving the desperate to unscrupulous loan companies Shayo Adebayo, an unemployed 28-year-old medical physiology graduate from south-west Nigeria, read from scores of abusive WhatsAapp messages and voice notes sent to her by debt collectors from quick loan companies. “I will destroy your life,” said one. “I want to …
African map African refugees fleeing Ukraine are being subjected to horrific racism, with reports of people being refused on public transport and sent to the back of queues. British-Zimbabwean student Korrine Sky, 26, has recounted her horrifying ordeal on social media as she tried to escape the escalating conflict in Ukraine. She said she had …
UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) has taken the decision without prior warning to suspend priority and super-priority visa processing services for all applications being made from outside the UK. Not only have the services been suspended, but the UKVI update says that “applications for study, work and family visas may take longer to process.” This …
UN Peacekeeping (Photo: MINURSO) It is with heavy hearts that we learned of the passing of former MINURSO Deputy Force Commander, Brigadier General Constance Emefa Edjeani-Afenu. After a brief illness, DFC Edjeani-Afenu passed away in her home country of Ghana. Though Brigadier General Edjeani-Afenu — or Constance as she was known to colleagues –- is no longer …
Three Black women have raised more than £50,000 ($60,000) to help Black students flee Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion, News One reports. Londoner Patricia Daley along with her friend Tokunbo Koiki saw a tweet of a Black student who was documenting her tumultuous situation of trying to escape Ukraine. The young woman identified as Korrine Sky …
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