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By: Bright Suzy Salitsi, NOVA, USA191 students of Community College Initiative (CCI) Program from 15 countries of 5 continents, represented 11 Community College campuses in the United States of America, have participated virtually in the annual Pathway to Success Program(PSP) from 10-14 January, 2022, with the theme: “Owning Our Future,” which focused on how to identify, develop and practice critical ...

GENEVA, Oct 13 (Reuters) The World Health Organization said on Wednesday its newly formed advisory group on dangerous pathogens may be “our last chance” to determine the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and urged China to provide data from early cases.The first human cases of COVID-19 were reported in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. China has ...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is currently in Guinea, in his capacity as Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority, together with the President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, His Excellency Alassane Ouattara, to hold talks with the military leadership in Guinea, led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, centering largely on the fate of President Alpha Conde, amongst ...

President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9tn (£1.4tn) stimulus plan for the coronavirus-sapped US economy before he takes office next week. If passed by Congress, it would include $1tn for households, with direct payments of $1,400 to all Americans. The relief proposal includes $415bn to fight the virus and $440bn for small businesses. Mr Biden, a Democrat, has promised to ...

Government officials from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan are once again holding talks in a bid to try to resolve a long running dispute triggered by the construction of a huge dam on the River Nile. In July last year the reservoir of the hydro electric dam in the west of Ethiopia started filling with water despite the breakdown of talks ...