WORLD Bank president Paul Wolfowitz said he plans to stay in his job as employees demand he quit over his role in the promotion of his girlfriend.

ICMSA rural development committee’s new chairman John O’Donnell believes farming is still the backbone of the rural economy.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged wealthy nations to take bold action this year to liberalise global trade and help developing countries escape poverty, calling the lack of progress “perilous”.