War, instability weighing down global economy: WTO chief
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) warned on Monday that global instability and war were weighing on the global economy. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said this at a WTO meeting. biennial conference The United Arab Emirates said soaring prices for food, energy and fertilizers were contributing to global tensions and “stoking political discontent” […]
Congolese demonstrators burn US, Belgian flags as instability tensions flare
Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo fired tear gas on Monday to disperse protesters who were burning tires and U.S. and Belgian flags near Western embassies and United Nations offices in the capital Kinshasa, angered by insecurity in eastern Congo. . Demonstrators, who have adopted a new tactic of targeting embassies, claim that Western […]