UAE orders government shakeup as virus erodes economic gains

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has announced a wide-ranging government shakeup. It is aimed at creating a more flexible and modern bureaucracy to tackle challenges as the coronavirus and lower oil prices erode what was already sluggish economic growth. The UAE prime minister and ruler of the emirate of Dubai published the ministerial changes on his Twitter account Sunday. He said the goal is to create a “government that is faster in decision making and is