Afghanistan

The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has deployed seven new high-performance tents in Kasese district, western Uganda to support school reopening in flood-affected schools.

The national debt level of a country is a measure of how much the government owes its creditors. Economists are generally divided on the question of how much debt is too much debt, both with respect to the ratio of debt to gross domestic product (GDP) as well as the total dollar amount of the debt. Some economists are concerned that excessive government debt levels can impact economic stability with broader implications for exchange rate stability, external trade, economic growth and unemployment.

The national debt level of a country is a measure of how much the government owes its creditors. Economists are generally divided on the question of how much debt is too much debt, both with respect to the ratio of debt to gross domestic product (GDP) as well as the total dollar amount of the debt. Some economists are concerned that excessive government debt levels can impact economic stability with broader implications for exchange rate stability, external trade, economic growth and unemployment.

Liberian Sara Beysolow Nyanti, currently the Resident Coordinator of the UN operations in Nepal, has been appointed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as his new Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. The triple function role, which is at the level of Assistant Secretary-General, will put Mrs. Nyanti in charge of the UN’s entire development and humanitarian programmes in South Sudan, Africa’s youngest republic.

In the month of September, the Security Council conducted most of its work tin-person, while a few agenda remained virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our delegation continued to work closely in the “A3+1” configuration with our African brothers and sisters (Niger, Kenya, and Tunisia) on many country-specific and thematic issues.

PART THREE

Biden-Rice rules of the “ceasefire” con game The tactical approach to achieve the strategic goals is:

1) Give lip service to African Union mediation between the Government of Ethiopia and the terrorist TPLF.

2) Buy off African leaders to apply pressure on Ethiopia.

3) Use the AU as a weapon to pressure Ethiopia.

4) Seek observer and facilitator status during the ceasefire negotiations.

5) Offer to underwrite the entire negotiation process by pledging to commit funds.

Ceasefire is easier said than done

The Oyo State Government has asked the Court of Appeal, sitting in Port Harcourt, to be joined in the suit instituted by the Rivers State Government against the Attorney-General of the Federation.

The suit is in respect of the bid by the Rivers government to take over the collection of the Value Added Tax (VAT) from the federal government.

The joinder request is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Ibadan by Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde.

Opposition MPs have resolved to boycott parliamentary sittings as they continue mount pressure to secure the freedom of fellow legislators Allan Ssewanyana (Makindye West) and Muhammad Ssegirinya (Kawempe North).

Ssegirinya and Ssewanyana who are facing murder and terrorism charges got re-arrested soon after being granted bail by the High court. The MPs communicated their position following today's meeting chaired by the leader of the opposition in parliament (LOP), Mathias Mpuuga.

PRIME MINISTER Dr Ralph Gonsalves has encouraged the global community to take a collective new path at the cross-roads in which the world finds itself during this COVID-19 era.

In his address to the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the weekend,Gonsalves shared his thoughts on a number of topics including climate change, vaccine nationalism, the trends of global communication leading to anti-vax misinformation and political quarrels.

Dominican-born sergeant Johanny Rosario is among the 13 United States military personnel who died in the suicide attack carried out at the airport in Afghanistan and in which at least 169 Afghans died.

Rosario belonged to the 5th Expeditionary Brigade of the Marine Corps

The information was offered on the Twitter account of the Dominican ambassador in Washington, Sonia Guzmán.