Tunisia Growth Slows To 1 Pct in 2016: Official Data
22/02/2017Tunisia’s economic growth slowed to 1 percent in 2016 compared with 1.1 percent in the previous year, official figures showed on Tuesday. The state statistics institute said the.
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Malaysia Names North Korean Diplomat Wanted for Questioning in Airport Murder
22/02/2017By Rozanna Latiff Malaysian police on Wednesday named a senior official in North Korea’s embassy and a staffer at its state airline, who are wanted for questioning over.
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Ghana’s New President Promises Action to Fix “Bad” Economy
22/02/2017Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said in his first state of the nation address the economy was in a “bad way” but he would press ahead with a plan to.
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EU Pushes Migration Talks with Tunisia, Egypt
21/02/2017The European Union is offering simplified visa procedures and increased economic aid to Tunisia and Egypt in exchange for smoother deportations of unwanted African migrants, two senior officials in Brussels.
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Britain Posts First Female High Commissioner to Nigeria
21/02/2017The British Deputy High Commission in Lagos monday announced the arrival of Laure Beaufils as the new Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria. Laure, who is the first female deputy high.
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Mattis: US ‘Not in Iraq to Seize Anybody’s Oil’
21/02/2017U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said Monday the United States does not intend to seize oil from Iraq, something President Donald Trump has in the past advocated as “spoils”.
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Ex-President’s Supporters Arrested as Tensions Flare in Gambia
21/02/2017Gambian police said they arrested 51 people in a former stronghold of ex-president Yahya Jammeh for harassing followers of new leader Adama Barrow, amid lingering tensions following Jammeh’s flight into.
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Drought to Cut Somalia’s 2017 Growth to 2-2.5 Pct- IMF
21/02/2017Somalia’s economy is likely to expand by 2-2.5 percent this year, down from an estimated 3.4 percent last year, as drought cuts output in the important agriculture sector, the IMF’s.
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