European and African leaders at a summit in the Ivory Coast have pledged to help youth find work and repatriate some 3,800 migrants stuck in a Libyan detention camp.
But youth groups and civil society say the summit was a missed opportunity as issues of migration and private investments appeared to take centre stage. Source: Euobserver
Sweden’s top three parties are running almost level four months ahead of a general election, with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats polling a record 20 percent, according to poll in daily Dagens Nyheter. Source Reuters
Yulia Skripal and her father, Sergei, were exposed to nerve agent Novichok in the city centre on 4 March. In her first filmed public statement since the attack, Ms Skripal told Reuters that her life had been “turned upside down” but she hoped to return to Russia in the future. Source BBC
Deutsche Bank is planning to cut 10,000 jobs, or about a tenth of its global workforce, as part of efforts to reduce costs. Source Reuters
