The classroom block that is going to be renovated by MTN Foundation to create a conducive learning environment for the girls at Smart Girls Foundation. MTN Foundation in partnership with Smart Girls Foundation has today embarked on the construction of a skilling facility with the capacity to train 400 girls annually in vocational programs. […]
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KAMPALA — Cairo Bank Uganda held a breakfast event in celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day, which is running under the theme #Breakthebias at their Head Office- Lotis Towers. The day’s dress code for ladies was purple to signify justice and dignity while the gentle wore white shirts to represent purity. The Guest Speaker, Ms. Pamela Babirukamu-
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SEOUL (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden has sent a letter of thanks to South Korean President Moon Jae-in for joining financial sanctions and export controls against Russia, Moon’s spokeswoman said on Tuesday. © Reuters/EVELYN HOCKSTEIN FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto at the White House in WashingtonThe country began halting
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LONDON (Reuters) – British defence minister Ben Wallace said on Tuesday Britain would support Poland if it decided to provide Ukraine with fighter jets, but warned that doing so might have direct consequences for Poland. © Reuters/STINE JACOBSEN British Defence Secretary Wallace greets the crew onboard Danish frigate Niels Juel in Copenhagen“I would support the Poles
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The number of people fleeing Russia’s advance into Ukraine has reached two million, the UN refugee chief said on Tuesday. © Provided by Evening Standard Refugees wait in freezing cold temperatures to get on a bus after crossing the Ukrainian border into Poland (AFP via Getty Images)The grim total, announced by United Nations High Commissioner for
About 900 Russians took chartered flights home from a Cuban resort town on Sunday as airspace bans imposed after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine complicated travel for tourists around the world. © YAMIL LAGE About 900 Russian passengers flew to Moscow from Cuba on Sunday© YAMIL LAGE Nordwind will operate four weekly charter flights from Moscow to the
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The World Bank has approved $723m (£551m) in loans and grants for Ukraine, as the country fights against a Russian invasion. © Getty Images Refugees arriving at the Polish borderThe bank said it is continuing to work on another $3bn package of support in the coming months for the country.It also promised extra help for neighbouring
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Her voice shaking, 26-year-old Balqees recounts her ordeal at a Huthi rebel checkpoint in northern Yemen, where experts say repression of women is rampant after years of civil war. © MOHAMMED HUWAIS Yemeni women shop in the the Sanaa in March 2020. The capital is controlled by the Iran-backed Huthi rebels who have imposed their austere
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The International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday it has received reports of artillery shells damaging a nuclear research facility in Ukraine’s besieged second city Kharkiv, but there was no “radiological consequence”. © Sergey BOBOK A Ukrainian serviceman looks at the destruction caused by shelling in Kharkiv on March 7The Vienna-based UN body said Ukrainian authorities reported
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(Bloomberg) — China warned the U.S. against trying to build what it called a Pacific version of NATO, while declaring that security disputes over Taiwan and Ukraine were “not comparable at all.” Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his annual news briefing Monday that the “real goal” of the U.S.’s Indo-Pacific strategy was to form Asia’s
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