Video: Catholic Church commits to sexual abuse compensation
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the church is the first non-government institution to opt into the plan and estimates it will itself be liable for about one billion dollars 568 million in compensation2 mr tom donohue president of the business organisation of the chamber in a memo to the board of directors said a nafta withdrawal would kill as many as 1.8 million american jobs in the first year1 australias catholic church has committed to join the governments redress scheme of 3.8 billion australian dollars 2.2 billion for victims of child sexual abuse1 the un conference on trade and development says no fewer than 17 million africans left the continent in 2017 in search of greener pastures1 in its economic development in africa report the agency also said 5.5 million people moved to africa from other continents while some 19 million international migrants moved within africa boosting economic growth in the continent1 it urged the world to dispel misconceptions and harmful narratives targeting migration in africa1 americas chamber of commerce has predicted that president donald trumps strict stance on trade could put 2.6 million jobs at risk and possible us withdrawal from nafta the trade agreement with canada and mexico1 the move paves the way for compensation to be paid to people who were sexually abused as children by church figures and puts pressure on other institutions to follow suit1 the world health organisation says it commenced campaign to eliminate yellow fever in the country in february with the vaccination of two million people in internally displaced persons camps in borno and surrounding communities1 the organisations communications officer ms charity warigon said the campaign aimed to vaccinate 25 million nigerians in different parts of the country would continue to the end of the year and in the coming years1 the international organisation for migration and the european union have evacuated 186 more nigerians from libya1 mr ibrahim farinloye spokesperson for the national emergency management agency south-west zone said the returnees arrived in two batches at the murtala muhammed international airport lagos1 the un security council has extended by 45 days sanctions against south sudan1 the resolution passed 9 yes votes and six abstentions from the 15 member security council giving just enough votes for the draft to be adopted as resolution 24181 the resolution which threatens an arms embargo on south sudan would place a travel ban and asset freeze on six individuals high-ranking government officials and prominent rebel leaders unless the parties stop fighting and agree on a viable political agreement1