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DRC Refugee Named First Black Rector of University of Edinburgh Debora Kayembe fled her home in the Democratic Republic of Congo 16 years ago as her life was under threat after she helped expose a gun-running militia group. She settled in the United Kingdom, where she worked as a human rights lawyer and is about to become the first black rector of the University of Edinburgh. "It's been just a rollercoaster, everywhere. Everywhere, the reaction. There is a sentiment of national pride and they are waiting for the inaugural ceremony to come to Scotland to see that with their own eyes," she says. But she says she and her daughter have been the victims of racism in Scotland. Kayembe, 45, found that nails had been driven through all of her car tires. "The previous times I had kept quiet," she says. "Sometimes you have to have a big heart to let things pass in the common interest, but what happened to me that day was unacceptable." Kayembe announced what had happened to her on social media. But instead of confrontation, she chose to adopt a message of tolerance and dialogue with the perpetrators of the abuse. Not long after the incident, Kayembe's daughter returned home from school and cried because she had been asked by a teacher to perform a slave dance in front of her classmates. After confronting the school, Kayembe petitioned the Scottish Parliament to urgently address racism in education in Scotland. Parliament has agreed to the request and will debate the matter in the coming months. Her action caught the eye of the university. She says in her new role she wants to attract the brightest students and to help the university recover from the coronavirus pandemic. "I want to make sure that this COVID-19 that has changed our way of living, the university takes the lead in shaping the future because there are a lot of things that are going to change," she says. "So I am hoping for the university to change to bring the most brightest minds in Scotland together and think how we can shape the future and how we can survive this COVID. " She has not returned to the DRC since she fled but she hopes to use her position as rector over the next three years to promote the best education for Africa too. (SOURCE: Africanews and AFP) WI
caribbean now Barbados Delays National Budget While Developing an Anti-Viral Economic Plan Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley revealed on Sunday, Feb. 14, that there will be no national budget just yet while her administration hammers out a comprehensive package to buffer the economy against the expected shocks of the COVID-19 virus. “Yes, there is no budget,” she told media managers at a meeting held at Cabinet Office. Over the last few weeks, lawmakers have been debating the 2020-2021 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, but Mottley explained that her financial package will be delayed to “prepare all the scenarios so that the Government can play that supporting role to the entities and businesses and workers likely to be impacted,” Barbados Today reported. On Monday, Feb. 8, as she addressed the nation after meeting with key figures on the island’s response to the virus wreaking global havoc, the prime minister estimated there could be some loss of jobs from the impact on the virus on travel in particular. The prime minister and lead minister of finance said that after discussions with representatives of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Central Bank, three different scenarios were developed showing the impact of a 25 per cent decline in tourism revenue over a three-month period, a decline of 50 per cent revenue over a three-month period and a severe case of a decline of 80 per cent in tourism revenue over six months. This, she suggested, could translate into job losses, a reduced work week for tourism workers and a drop in earnings for suppliers. WI
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