Emefiele Emerges Chairman of W’Africa Monetary Zone

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, was Thursday elected chairman of the West Africa Monetary Zone (WAMZ) at the ongoing sub-regional meeting hosted by Nigeria.

According to thisdaylive, critical stakeholders in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sub-region, including central banks, ministries of finance, policy makers, legislators, and the academia are to brainstorm in Abuja to seek ways of deepening the promotion of regional integration and cooperation.

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Amazon's Jeff Bezos pledges USD 2 billion to help the homeless

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Amazon chief Jeff Bezos is putting $2bn (£1.5bn) into a charitable fund he has established to help the homeless and set up a new network of schools.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc’s founder, and the world’s richest person, on Thursday, said he will commit $2 billion to help homeless families and starting pre-schools for low-income communities.

The world's richest man announced the move in a tweet, saying the charity would be called the Day One Fund.

Mr. Bezos - reportedly worth more than $164bn hanks to his stake in Amazon. 

The fund will be split between Day 1 Families Fund and Day 1 Academies Fund.

Within this, the “Day 1 Families Fund” will support existing non-profits that offer shelter and food to young homeless families.

China confirms US invitation for trade talks

China has received an invitation from the United States to hold trade negotiations, the Ministry of Commerce said yesterday.

According to sina.com, the confirmation was made by the ministry’s spokesman Gao Feng at a press conference in Beijing, saying China welcomes the attitude and the two countries are in discussion about the details.

“Recently, the negotiation teams of the two sides have maintained contact in various forms and had exchanges on each other’s concerns,” Gao said, stressing that China believes an escalation of the trade conflict goes against everyone’s interests.

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President Trump disputes Puerto Rico hurricane death toll

US President Donald Trump is disputing that nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico after the island was hit by two hurricanes last year.

According to BBC news "3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico," Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter, without offering evidence for the claim.

He added that Democrats had inflated the official death toll to "make me look as bad as possible".

The official figure was released last month after an independent study.

On Thursday, Mr. Trump wrote in a pair of tweets that Democrats were attacking him "when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico".

An American tourist commits suicide in Entebbe Zoo Uganda

An American tourist has committed suicide at the Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Center (UWEC) in Entebbe.

The body of Larkin Crow, 21, a resident of Texas was found hanging from a belt around his neck on Thursday morning outside the dormitories near the restrooms. 

Isaac Mujaasi, the marketing, and public relations officer UWEC say that Larkin who had spent three days at the center had booked to stay at the center for 18 days.

The spokesperson said the police have launched investigations into the incident in the east African country.  “We are not just looking at this as a suicide case. “We have launched investigations to find out exactly how and what happened before the incident,” said Onyango.  

He said the body of the deceased tourist has been taken to Mulago City Mortuary in Kampala for postmortem.