Magnitude 5.7 Quake Strikes Lake Tanganyika Area: USGS
24/02/2017An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck the southern area of Lake Tanganyika early on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the quake, initially reported as a.
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Risk of Nigeria Devaluing Naira Rising, But It Won’t Float Freely
24/02/2017Nigeria’s authorities may soon devalue the naira but won’t fully relinquish control over it, instead taking steps to narrow the gap between the official and black market rates to boost.
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Full Text: President Mahama’s Keynote Address at the 2016 African Leadership Magazine Person of the Year Awards
24/02/2017Thank you and good evening. It is an honour to be in the company of such distinguished fellow Africans gathered here tonight- Africans who have committed their lives to changing.
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U.N. Urgently Seeks $4Bln Aid to Avert Famine for 20Mln in Africa
23/02/2017More than $4 billion is needed by the end of March to help nearly 20 million people who risk starvation in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, United Nations Secretary.
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Gender
Nigeria: Gov’t Commences Training of 10, 000 Borno Women in Small-Scale Businesses
23/02/2017About 10, 000 women, mostly widows and persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency are to undergo basic training on skill acquisition and entrepreneurship under an initiative of the.
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Somali President Appoints Oil Firm Executive as Prime Minister
23/02/2017Somalia’s newly elected president on Thursday appointed the country director of British firm Soma Oil and Gas as the new prime minister, raising questions about possible conflicts of interest in.
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International
Tillerson, Kelly Hope to Ease US-Mexico Tensions
23/02/2017U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly meet Thursday with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and members of his cabinet, in what is expected to.
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Barclays to Pay $988Mln to Split from African Business
23/02/2017Barclays has agreed to pay Barclays Africa nearly $1 billion to fund investments needed for it to split from its African business, paving the way for the British bank to.
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