MTN Experiences First Annual Loss in 20yrs after Nigeria Fine
02/03/2017Africa’s mobile phone operator MTN Group swung to its first annual loss in two decades on Thursday, hit by a regulatory fine in Nigeria and unfavourable currency moves but.
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Prime Minister Loses Confidence Vote
02/03/2017Lesotho’s Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili was preparing on Wednesday to call a snap election after losing a confidence vote in parliament, a cabinet minister said. A slew of defections by.
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Sudan’s President Names Prime Minister
02/03/2017Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir named his first vice president and long-time ally Hassan Saleh to the newly created post of prime minister on Wednesday, the clearest sign yet that.
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African Leadership Prize Fails to Find a Winner Again
28/02/2017Sudanese telecoms magnate Mo Ibrahim failed to award a $5 million African political leadership prize on Tuesday, the second year running the gong designed to foster regional democracy has gone.
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Zimbabwe’s First Lady Positions Herself for Presidency
28/02/2017Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe marked his 93rd birthday last week by squashing any thought he plans to resign or not seek re-election. “If I feel that I can’t do.
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My Government Values Zimbabwe’s Youths- President Mugabe
28/02/2017By Tendai Mugabe President Mugabe has called for the re-introduction of the National Youth Service to help mould disciplined and well-focused youths who are productive and ready to defend.
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Malaysia to Charge Women with Airport Murder of North Korean
28/02/2017By Joseph Sipalan Two women – an Indonesian and a Vietnamese – will be charged on Wednesday with murder over the killing in Malaysia of the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s.
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Nigeria’s Economy Contracted By 1.5% in 2016 on Lower Oil Prices
28/02/2017Nigeria’s gross domestic product fell by 1.5 percent in 2016 due to lower oil revenues, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday, for its first annual.
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Ethiopia: GERD Generation Capacity Increases to 6,450 MW
28/02/2017By Tsegay Hagos The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) power generation capacity has been upgraded to 6,450 MW. The Dam was first designed to generate 5,250 MW. However, due to.
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Tunisia to Accelerate Reforms as IMF Freezes Loan: Minister
27/02/2017Tunisia is likely to sell stakes in three state-owned banks this year and cut up to 10,000 public sector jobs as part of reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund.
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