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Africa: Report – Africa’s Displaced Population Generates Shs99.9 Trillion Annually in Incomes

eriinfo.com1 week ago05 mins

Africa’s 43.1 million displaced people generate an estimated $27 billion (Shs99.9 trillion) in annual income, according to a new report released by the Amahoro Coalition, challenging perceptions that refugees and internally displaced persons are solely dependent on humanitarian assistance. The report, titled The Opportunity in Displacement: Africa’s Untapped Investment Frontier, argues that displaced populations represent…

Early results on “Swiss Brexit” indicate defeat of measure that would cap population at 10 million

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago07 mins

Voters in Switzerland have cast their final ballots on Sunday on an initiative championed by the top right-wing party to cap the rich Alpine country’s population at 10 million. Early results showed Swiss voters were leaning against it. The populist Swiss People’s Party, which has the most seats in parliament, has stirred up and fostered…

Switzerland to vote on plan to cap population at 10 million

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago01 mins

Dubbing it a “chaos initiative”, the government, other political parties, business leaders and trade unions argue it will deprive hospitals and hotels of much needed staff, and damage hard-won relations with the European Union, leaving non-EU member Switzerland isolated in a very risky world.

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Africa: Lawmakers From Three Continents Demand Action, Not Pledges, On Population and Health

eriinfo.com1 month ago011 mins

Cairo — The word heard most often at a two-day parliamentary forum in Cairo last week was not “commitment”; it was “follow-up.” And the difference mattered. Parliamentarians from Africa, Asia, and the Arab world gathered 28-29 April not to renew pledges made at last year’s TICAD9 summit in Yokohama, but to ask what had actually…

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Africa’s Job Crisis Deepens As Growth Lags Behind Exploding Population, World Bank Warns

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A stark warning from the World Bank has laid bare a growing crisis across Africa: economies are simply not expanding fast enough to create jobs for millions of young people entering the workforce each year. Speaking at the Spring Meetings held alongside the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Vice President Ndiamé Diop said the continent…

Endangered monarch butterfly population surges 64 percent | Environment

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NewsFeed Mexico’s monarch butterfly population surged 64 percent this winter, raising hopes for the endangered species’ spring migration to the United States and Canada. Published On 27 Mar 202627 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

China population decline is hurting its property market

eriinfo.com1 year ago07 mins

QINGZHOU, CHINA – JUNE 16, 2025 – Citizens are viewing sand table at the sales office of a commercial residential property development in Qingzhou City, Shandong Province, China on June 16, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s real estate sector has grappled with a deepening downturn for years. Now a shrinking population…