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Mobile Banking Growth Boosts Kenya’s Co-op Bank Earnings

Increased mobile and internet banking helped Co-operative Bank of Kenya increase its pretax profit in the first half of 2016 by 19 percent to 10.45 billion shillings ($103.08 million), the.

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Africa: 14 Million People to Receive Yellow Fever vaccination

By Lisa Schlein More than 14 million people in Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo are to be vaccinated against yellow fever to prevent the national and international spread of.

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Africa: Over 250 Marginalised Women Climb Mount Kilimanjaro to Advocate Women Rights

  More than 250 marginalised women in Africa will later this year climb Mount Kilimanjaro to advocate women’s rights towards accessing natural resources, an official said on Sunday. Mount Kilimanjaro.

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Why UK-Based North Korean Diplomat Defected to South Korea

The second highest ranking official at North Korea’s embassy in London has defected to South Korea, according to the South Korean Unification Ministry. Thae Yong Ho has arrived with his.

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Al-Shabab Is Now a “Transnational” Organization- IGAD

The militant group al-Shabab, once a threat primarily in Somalia, has grown and expanded its aspirations, operations and aims, and is preparing to wage a long war in East Africa,.

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Zambia’s Reputation as Stable Haven Tested After Contentious Poll

Anita Powell These are worrying times in Zambia, a southern African nation that takes pride in its peaceful, democratic history. After the president won re-election by what seems like an.

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International Forum On African Leadership

Background and Introduction African Leadership magazine is putting together this forum, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, as a global platform for showcasing the continent’s contributions to.

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Ivorian Children Join Digital Revolution

By Emilie Iob Lined up along the wall of what used to be a living room, a dozen children — some as young as 10 — are focused on their.

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