Link to Article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202201150084.html Many Kenyan workers are immigrating to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states to work as house helpers and other unskilled or low skill jobs. Many workers are being treated in very poor conditions that are akin to slavery. The wages that they are receiving are much less than the amount that they were promised. These workers… Read more »
Link to Article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202201110449.html The government of Liberia is asking for an increase in monetary support from the United States. Liberia is asking for money that will help with Covid relief and to help the economy grow. Liberia is comparing the money that they are asking for to the Marshall Plan after World War II. Liberia was founded in 1822… Read more »
Link to article:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-provides-covid-19-humanitarian-and-remittance-relief-fund-to-africa The UK is giving 7 million pounds to provide essential services and food assistance to households and migrants in southern Africa who were affected by COVID-19. Nearly 750,000 people will get this assistance. The region’s drought and the pandemic created a large food insecurity situation with 18 million people in southern Africa were at risk of hunger… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pledges-105-mln-pounds-help-vulnerable-nations-fight-omicron-2021-12-29/ The UK pledged 105 million pounds ($141.7 million) to nations lacking adequate resources to fight the Omicron variant. This includes many countries in Sub- Saharan Africa such as Kenya. In these countries Omicron is rapidly spreading due to lack of measures for reducing the spread of covid. The money is for increased measures to reduce transmission,… Read more »