Child labour rising in West Africa cocoa farms despite efforts – report
The use of child labour has risen in cocoa farms in Ghana and Ivory Coast over the past decade despite industry promises to reduce it,...
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Uber wins license battle in London
Uber has won its battle to continue operating in London, one of its biggest markets globally, after a judge found that the company had sufficiently...
Trump Is Wrong About TikTok. China’s Plans Are Much More Sinister.
The Trump administration says it wants to ban the popular short-video app TikTok in the United States, because TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is Chinese. Washington...
Rapes of Woman and 5-Year-Old Fuel Outrage in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A 5-year-old girl in southern Pakistan was raped, hit on the head and set on fire. Five days later, a woman in...
Pakistani Cricket Board Chief Faces Criticism for Being a British “Import”
LONDON — Wasim Khan has spent his life immersed in Pakistani cricket, even as he spent very little of that life in Pakistan. To his...
Egypt tries plasma treatment to fight pandemic
Mohamed Fathi, an Egyptian man who has recovered from Covid-19, winced as he watched tubes running down his arm to donate blood plasma, but insisted:...
POS, Mobile transactions volume hits four-year high in Nigeria
File Photo Despite the negative impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic witnessed by business owners, along with households across Nigeria, fresh indications have emerged that financial...
What I’ve Learned From Teaching Online
“Let’s read,” I told the students in my writing class, trying to invoke the authority of my own high-school literature teacher. I was hoping they...
Wild polio sufferers reflect as Africa set to be declared free of the disease
Nigerian Gbemisola Ijigbamigbe’s right leg was virtually paralysed after she contracted wild polio aged 11 months. Now the 28-year-old leads an active life as a...
Growing number of countries mull TikTok restriction over China links
US President Donald Trump looming TikTok ban may only be the beginning of the popular video app’s headaches, as a growing number of nations are...