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Doha. Zanzibar’s President Hussein Mwinyi has called on Qatari investors to take up investment opportunities in the tourism, real estate, and energy sectors in Zanzibar, media in the Gulf state has reported.

At least, 20,802 out-of-school children including girls and Almajiris in three local governments of Katsina State will benefit from N332,833,000 support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as part of efforts to improve school enrollment in the state.

The local government areas to benefit from the Educate a Child (EAC) Cash Transfer Programme for Out of School Children, as the financial aid is called are: Kafur, Mani and Safana.

Caribbean countries that live in fear of being blacklisted by the European Union should band together and take legal action, according to Barbados-based economist and Caribbean policy expert Marla Dukharan.

“I felt like there should be some legal recourse that should be pursued collectively,” Ms. Dukharan said on Feb. 23 on the regional livestreamed show “Territories Talk,” hosted by Shaina Smith-Archer, chairwoman of the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association.

The Virgin Islands has been added to the European Union’s “grey list” along with nine other jurisdictions in the Caribbean and elsewhere, the EU Council announced after its meeting on Feb. 24.

Besides the VI, the EU added the Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Israel, Montserrat, Russia, Tunisia, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Vietnam, bringing the total list up to 25 jurisdictions.

By Reuters

NAMIBIA aims to fast-track the development of its first oilfield to have production by 2026 following a significant offshore discovery by Shell (SHEL.L), a senior energy official told Reuters on Monday.

Shell on Friday said the exploration well off the coast of the southern African country had shown “encouraging” results with the presence of a working petroleum system with light oil.

The finalising of an air services agreement between Barbados and Qatar, access to financing via Qatar’s Fund for Development and opportunities for bilateral investment were some of the areas discussed during a courtesy call with non-resident Ambassador to the State of Qatar to Barbados, Rashid Mohsin A.R. Fetais.

The Bahamas Aquatics Federation has named a four-member team for the 15th FINA (International Swimming Federation) World Short Course Swimming Championship (25 meters), set for December 16-21, at the Ethiad Arena, on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Making the team are Joanna Evans, Lilly Higgs, Izaak Bastian and Lamar Taylor.

St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) was elected to serve on the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO at the 42nd session of that Organisation’s General Conference on November 25.

No need for panic: while Omicron may be more transmissible, it also appears to be milder, potentially offering a safe way to herd immunity and a waning of the pandemic

The arrival of the omicron variant to Dominican territory is imminent, so together with the already existing delta variant, amid the elimination of restrictions, they can create challenging situations and trigger the epidemiological indicators of the country, as happened last year after the Christmas holidays.

There's an old Jamaican proverb: "One-one cocoa full basket". Interpret this to mean that the path to success is a step-by-step process. British-Jamaican expat Ray Payne knows all about this. When Thursday Food interviewed him in 2019, he had just opened the only Caribbean restaurant in Doha, Qatar. A year later, Ray's Jerk Shack would be put through its paces with the novel coronavirus pandemic, holding firm to the culinary heritage from Payne's Jamaican mother and the memories his grandmother helped him create.