The Mon State Government will implement a local business stimulus project in the forthcoming 2017-2018 fiscal year in the respective townships of Kyaikhto, Mudon, Chaungzone and Moulmein, according to the Mon State’s Hotel and Tourism Directorate Department. The Ministry of Hotel and Tourism and ...

Drinking Turkish coffee in his well-appointed home in the upscale residential development of Al Rehab City here, 15 miles from Cairo’s center, Abdel Hady Fahmy thinks back to three years ago, when he decided to leave Syria for Egypt. With his wife, Faten, and daughter Mariah, 23, beside him, he reca...

Boko Haram has lured young entrepreneurs and business owners in northeast Nigeria to join the Islamist militant group by providing or promising capital and loans to boost their businesses, aid agency Mercy Corps said on Monday. Seeing successful business ownership as a way to escape poverty, many...

Kano, la deuxième ville la plus peuplée du Nigeria, recèle des angles morts. A l’écart des rues sablonneuses et des avenues rectilignes de la bouillonnante métropole commerciale du nord du pays, ses zones industrielles décharnées alignent les usines à l’abandon. Près de 400 unités ont fermé depuis l...

UNHCR is helping thousands of displaced Mozambicans get identification documents, making it easier for them to access formal jobs and vital services.

For this creative family, the normalization plan means they will finally be able to register Chocochamos, a thriving business of artisan chocolate desserts. Vanessa, 41, and her husband Carlos, 48, have just finished their online application to extend their stay in the Dominican Republic - the fi...

It is still home to some of the most pristine forests in Southeast Asia. But forest experts warn that Myanmar is fast losing its woodlands due to a combination of commercial logging, agricultural expansion and firewood harvesting. According to the UN-REDD Programme, at least half of Myammar’s lan...