Kenya hosts African Union summit on terrorism
03/09/2014Nairobi — Kenya will host the Africa Union Peace and Security Council Summit on Terrorism, to be attended by a number of Heads of State and Government from the continent.
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Henry Kissinger on the Assembly of a New World Order
01/09/2014Libya is in civil war, fundamentalist armies are building a self-declared caliphate across Syria and Iraq and Afghanistan’s young democracy is on the verge of paralysis. To these troubles are.
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South Africa Condemns Military Take-Over in Lesotho
01/09/2014The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has warned the military in Lesotho that South Africa, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU) will not.
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World Bank Report: Digital Payments Vital to Economic Growth
29/08/2014Washington, DC —Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments in Africa to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps Integrating digital payments into the economies of emerging.
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Zimbabwe And China Sign ‘Landmark’ Deals
27/08/2014Zimbabwe struck more mega deals in China with funding agreements and feasibility studies of power projects, road dualisation and railway line construction being put on paper yesterday. There were indications.
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Liberia’s President Fires Officials Who Left Amid Ebola Outbreak
27/08/2014Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has ordered the dismissal of some junior and senior level cabinet ministers, who, in the wake of the deadly Ebola outbreak left the country and.
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Political, Economic Stability Luring Multinationals Into Ethiopia – President Mulatu Teshome
27/08/2014President Mulatu Teshome of Ethiopia has expressed satisfaction at the country’s economic success, noting that a stable political environment and enabling investment atmosphere is attracting a pool of international firms.
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Africa’s Telecoms Market To Hit $65bn By 2018
27/08/2014Sub-Saharan Africa’s Telecommunication market is set to maintain positive returns as service revenue is predicted to top $65 billion by 2018. According to market intelligence specialists, Analysys Mason, the African telecoms.
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UK Foundation Offers $10.8m To Curtail Ebola
27/08/2014A £6.5 million ($10.8 million) emergency Ebola research fund has been released by the UK’s Department for International Development and medical research charity, the Wellcome Trust to boost efforts in.