Canada Permanent Rural Immigration Program Opens January 2027 With 5,500 Spaces: Who Qualifies and How to Apply
Canada has decided that its rural immigration experiment is worth keeping. On November 9, 2026, Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab announced that the Rural Community Immigration Pilot will become a…
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EXPLAINER: How Nigerians can apply for the World Bank’s 2027 Africa Fellowship Programme
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