Bloomberg Of the more than $110 billion in additional funding that sub-Saharan Africa will need this year to fight the coronavirus pandemic, $44 billion has not been financed yet even after several countries have taken up emergency loans and debt-service relief initiatives, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The funding needs persist despite the IMF approving debt-service relief for ...

Dubai / WAM The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR) announced that staffing capacity in all ministries and federal authorities from July 5, will be 100 percent. In an announcement, the authority said that the exceptions are limited to only one category of employees with chronic diseases on the submission of a detailed medical report approved by the relevant ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced that all inbound passenger flights, including transit, from Pakistan to the UAE have been suspended until further notice. The suspension, which came into effect on Monday, will continue until a dedicated laboratory test for Covid-19 is established in Pakistan to ensure all passengers headed to the UAE have been ...