Floods Displace Scores in Angola
11/01/2017Incessant rains that have left thousands homeless in Mozambique are feared to worsen a deadly cholera outbreak that has hit the southern African country. The northern Luanda Province is the.
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Italy Reopening Embassy in Libya Two Years after Closure
11/01/2017Italy is sending its ambassador back to Libya, its foreign ministry said on Monday, making it the first Western diplomatic mission to reopen in the divided country. Italy closed its.
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Ivory Coast’s Ouattara Names Ex-PM as Vice-President
11/01/2017Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara named former Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan as vice-president, a new post created under a constitution approved by referendum late last year. Duncan, 73, an.
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Ivory Coast PM resigns, dissolves gov’t after poll
09/01/2017Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan resigned and dissolved the government on Monday in a move that had been expected following the approval of a new constitution and parliamentary.
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U.S. Says Navy Ship Fired Warning Shots at Iranian Vessels
09/01/2017A U.S. Navy destroyer fired three warning shots at four Iranian fast-attack vessels after they closed in at a high rate of speed near the Strait of Hormuz, two U.S..
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Zimbabwe’s Largest Bank CBZ Suspends Local Use of Visa Cards
09/01/2017Zimbabwe’s biggest banking group CBZ Holdings has suspended the use of Visa cards for local transactions due to high costs and cash shortages, its chief executive officer said on Monday..
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Ghana’s New President Akufo-Addo Says Will Cut Taxes
09/01/2017ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s new President Nana Akufo-Addo pledged to cut taxes to boost the economy at his swearing in ceremony on Saturday, whilst also promising to protect the public.
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Boko Haram Attacks Nigerian Army Base, Five Soldiers Killed-Military Source
09/01/2017Five Nigerian soldiers and more than 15 Boko Haram fighters were killed when the jihadists attacked an army base in the remote northeast where the group has been fighting for.
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