A Liverpool man has been honoured by the Prime Minister for his work raising awareness of African culture.

Oladimeji Adisa, who runs the Osun Foundation, has been given a Point of Light award for teaching people about African heritage.

Mr Adisa has been running the arts initiative, which hosts a variety of activities such as cookery classes and mask making, for two decades.

David Cameron said Mr Adisa was “doing brilliant work”.

The foundation has been involved with several high profile cultural performances, including the Queen’s Jubilee and Commonwealth Games.

Oladimeji Adisa, who runs the Osun Foundation, has been given a Point of Light award for teaching people about African heritage.

Mr Adisa has also worked with 500 schools around the UK with the aim of helping people understand Britain’s multicultural society.

He said it was “something special” to be chosen for the award “when there are so many people out there doing great things”.

Point of Light awards recognise outstanding individual volunteers who are inspiring others.

They were developed in partnership with the Point of Light programme in the USA established by President George H. W. Bush.

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Paris Club exempts $14.1 bn of Sudan’s debts – Minister

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July 17, 2021

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Sudan’s Finance Minister, Jibril Ibrahim, announced late on Friday that his country had received relief from its $14.1 billion debts to Paris Club.

“Sudan’s remaining debts, which stand at $9.5 billion, have been rescheduled until reaching the completion point in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative.

“This is with the suspension of debt service payments during this period,’’ said Ibrahim in a statement.

He pledged seeking similar or better results with creditor countries outside the Paris Club.

Sudan is seeking exemption of its foreign debts, which exceeds $56 billion owed to international financial institutions and other creditors.

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UK, US Strike Deal Over Airbus-Boeing Dispute

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June 17, 2021

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Britain on Thursday said it had agreed on a truce with the United States over a 17-year long tariffs dispute involving European planemaker Airbus and US rival Boeing.

It comes in the wake of a similar deal between the European Union and US announced Tuesday.

The dispute, the longest-running in the history of the World Trade Organization, has seen damaging retaliatory tariffs levied on products on both sides of the Atlantic owing to disagreements over support for large civilian aircraft, the UK government explained in a statement Thursday.

But both sides have finally agreed “to suspend retaliatory tariffs for five years”, it added.

The agreement followed talks between Britain’s International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai.

The deal ensures retaliatory tariffs on products including Scotch whisky are suspended.

“Today’s deal draws a line under an incredibly damaging issue,” said Truss.

She added that it meant the UK could now focus on taking its “trading relationship with the US to the next level”, as Britain seeks to strike a post-Brexit free-trade agreement with the world’s biggest economy.

Truss added that the two countries would also work “more closely to challenge unfair practices by nations like China and using the power of free trade to build back better from the pandemic”.

President Joe Biden and the EU also agreed on a long-term truce in the Airbus-Boeing feud as they seek to put aside disputes and deal with rising challenges from China.