Ghana Vows Tough Action against Abusive Foreign Employers
21/04/2016Ghana has recently vowed tough action against foreign investors who abuse local workers following a spike in cases of employees that were tortured by their employers.
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Ethiopian Association Set to Tackle Reproductive Health Challenges
21/04/2016Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia has said that coordinated effort is needed to address youth and women Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) problems.
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Liberia: Carter Center Trains 30 Women on Information Awareness
21/04/2016About 30 women from across Ganta City in Nimba County have recently received training on Accessing Information by the Carter Center. The one-day training, which was held in Ganta at.
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South Sudan: Why Is Machar Delaying in Return to Juba?
20/04/2016Peace deal monitors in South Sudan has recently said the delay in the return of First Vice President Designate Riek Machar to the capital Juba to form a unity government.
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Tanzania’s Inheritance Law Still Undermines Women’s Rights – HRW
20/04/2016Human Rights Watch has recently urged the government to ‘immediately’ amend provisions of the inheritance law, saying it violates the rights of women.
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Countries Pull Expatriate Cash with ‘Diaspora Bonds’
20/04/2016A growing roster of developing states, are turning to their compatriots abroad to raise cash by marketing “diaspora bonds”. This is a funding strategy successfully pioneered by India and Israel,.
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Zimbabwe: MPs Raise Red Flag on Meat
20/04/2016A Parliamentary committee has recently raised fears that private abattoirs could be selling meat that does not meet health standards, and compromising people’s health.
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Hong Kong Company Partners with Nigeria on Alternative Source of Power
20/04/2016The Hong Kong LED lighting manufacturing company, iFlux, has recently promised to assist Nigerian government in the area of alternative source of power in the country.
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Zimbabwe: Gov’t to Develop Massive Irrigation Land for Flood Victims
20/04/2016Government has started mobilising U.S.$12 million to clear land for the development of an irrigation scheme at Nuanetsi Ranch for 3 000 families displaced by the Tokwe-Mukosi Dam in Chivi,.
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U.S. Pledges Humanitarian Aid to Countries Affected By Boko Haram
20/04/2016The United States will give $40 million in humanitarian assistance to countries bordering Lake Chad fighting Islamist militant group Boko Haram, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power has.
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