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Uganda Welcomes More Refugees Daily Than Some in Europe Annually, Charity Says

Uganda welcomed more refugees each day in 2016 than many wealthy European countries received the entire year, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said Wednesday, seeking to debunk the myth that.

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Trump Expected to Order Temporary Ban on Refugees

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting on Wednesday that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria.

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Tanzania: Gov’t Unveils Technology to Combat Sickle Cell

A new and state-of-the-art sickle cell-diagnostic technology, “Sickle-Scan test kit” was officially launched in Dar es Salaam last week – a big boost to the government’s efforts aimed to reduce.

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Extensively Drug-Resistant TB on the Rise in South Africa

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, the most dangerous form of TB, is on the rise in South Africa, according to a new study. So-called XDR-TB does not respond to four or more.

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Zimbabwe Doctors Call for Clean Water to Fight Typhoid Outbreak

By Sebastian Mhofu In Zimbabwe, doctors and aid organizations have called on the government to improve the country’s water and sanitation amid a typhoid outbreak. Authorities have started dismantling vendors’.

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Nigeria: NNPC Refineries Produce Additional 4.6m litres of Kerosene, 7.7m litres of Diesel

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) three refineries produced additional volumes of 4.6 million litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene otherwise known as kerosene and 7.7 million litres of Automative Gas.

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Mauritania: IFAD’s U.S. $21M Grant to Boost Food Security, Nutrition and Reduce Rural Poverty

  A total of 285,600 farmers, particularly women and young people in six regions in southern Mauritania will benefit from a financial agreement signed today between the International Fund for.

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Ethio-Djibouti Railroad Key to Socio-Economic Progress- Hailemariam

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has recently highlighted on the essential role of the Ethio-Djibouti railroad in advancing the socio-economic status of Ethiopia and Djibouti. The Prime Minister joined President Ismail.

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IN RETROSPECT: How Africa Performed In 2016

  By Kenneth Nkemnacho/ Writer at Large For any vision-minded person, leader, institution, nation or continent, every year must begin with goals, targets and projections for the twelve months ahead..

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Africa Vision 2017: Where Does Change Truly Begin?

By Kenneth Nkemnacho/ Writer at Large A.P.J Abdul Kalam, the former president of India and a world renowned space scientist said, ‘Let me define a leader. He must have vision.

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