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View ArticleLibya wishes to resume business cooperation with Russia – opinion
MOSCOW, March 2 (Itar-Tass) -- Libya wishes to resume business cooperation with Russia, Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vice-President Georgy Petrov said on ...
View ArticleKenya has to diversity its exports to remain dominant in East Africa
Kenya's big challenge is to fix what economists call the "current account deficit" or the gap between the import bill and exports revenues (which remains large, even when services -- ...
View ArticleIMF team to review lending plan to Kenya
PHOTO/ FILE A banking hall. The IMF has been giving financial aid to Kenya through its Extended Credit Facility (ECF) that was set up to offer financial assistance to countries with challenges in ...
View ArticleBusy Agenda for MPs from Congo Kinshasa
Havana, Mar 2 (Prensa Latina) Jean Claude Mokeni, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Foreign Affairs Commission, and Legislator Emery Kalamba wa Fuana carried out a busy agenda in Havana. ...
View ArticleEast African Leaders Kick Off Major Infrastructure Project
The leaders of Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan have inaugurated construction of a new sea port in Kenya that is part of a massive infrastructure project linking the three nations. The plans include a
View ArticleNigeria Remembers Late Rebel Leader
Nigerians buried former rebel fighter Odumegwu Ojukwu Friday with high praise and military honors. Ojukwu is best known for declaring independence for Nigeria's Biafra region in 1967, sparking a bitte
View ArticleFormer Senegal President Optimistic About Democracy in Africa
Senegal's former president Abdou Diouf offered upbeat comments about the spread of democracy in Africa -- including in his own country, despite controversy over the Senegalese presidential elections.
View ArticleUN mission will stay in Liberia, albeit in different form, says peacekeeping...
A top United Nations official today assured the Liberian people that the world body is not preparing to leave the country but seeking to reconfigure its presence after assessing the ability of ...
View ArticleUN reports continued inflow of Malian refugees into Mauritania and Burkina Faso
Mauritania and Burkina Faso continue to receive large numbers of Malian refugees fleeing conflict between the army and ethnic Tuareg rebels in the northern region of their country, the United ...
View ArticleNigeria group claims killings in oil-rich delta
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A militant group in Nigeria's oil-rich delta on Friday claimed responsibility for killing four police officers this week in the group's second assault in about ...
View ArticleCameroon brings in troops to stop elephant poaching
Cameroon has launched a military offensive to flush out elephant poachers from a remote national park in the country's northeast near the border with Chad. Defence Minister Alain Mebe Ngo'o ...
View ArticleGhana slips in FIFA world rankings
Ghana dropped further three places in the latest FIFA world ranking, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced here on Wednesday. A statement on the website of the country's footbal ...
View ArticleTunisia enters semifinal in Junior Handball worlds
Tunisia reached the semifinals of the World Junior Handball Championship held from July 17 to 31 in Thessaloniki, Greece, beating Spain 31-30 in a quarterfinal match on Tuesday, the official press ...
View ArticleEthiopia rejects Banyana's request
The South African Football Association's request for a postponement of Banyana Banyana's second leg 2012 London Olympic qualifying match against Ethiopia in Addis Ababa on September 11 has ...
View ArticleChico Attorney's Water Project Quenches Thirst, Ambition In Tanzania
When Besta Mlowe was born 18 years ago in the town of Ifunda in Tanzania, it seemed this would be her future: she would marry young, have many children, be dominated by her husband and live in a mud ...
View ArticleTanzania ready for elections
Seven presidential candidates will take part in the 31 October general elections in Tanzania, with incumbent President Jakaya Kikwete being the clear favourite. But the opposition may make important ...
View ArticleUganda tabloid urges "hanging of homos"
A Ugandan tabloid has published photos of 100 allegedly homosexual men, including their addresses and workplaces, calling for their hanging. The weekly was sold freely around the ...
View ArticleAfrican Horn migration routes shifting
Departure points for an often deadly boat trip from Africa to Yemen may be shifting from Puntland to Somaliland, with Djibouti remaining the main transit point. Coastguards now receive training to ...
View ArticleUganda churches make big business of aid
In Uganda, church communities may get access to major development aid funds. A new study shows that many church leaders abuse these funds and start neglecting religious ...
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