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Liberia’s President Fires Officials Who Left Amid Ebola Outbreak

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has ordered the dismissal of some junior and senior level cabinet ministers, who, in the wake of the deadly Ebola outbreak left the country and.

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Ugandan President Says Studying Humanities Is Useless

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni believes going to the university to study a course in Humanities is pointless and therefore advised universities in the east African country to rather focus on.

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10 Inspirational Quotes From The 2014 Young African Leaders Initiative Summit In Washington DC 

President Obama launched the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) in 2010 to support an emerging generation of African leaders as they work to drive economic growth and prosperity, strengthen democratic governance, peace and security across Africa and enhance.

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Why Bill Gates is Optimistic About Africa

Bill Gates is no stranger to honorary degrees. In 2007 he even got an honorary doctorate from Harvard, where he had dropped out as an undergraduate years three decades earlier..

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Mandela’s Economic Lesson To African Leaders

Few days ago the world celebrated Nelson Mandela, a man whose life personalises the tireless struggle against and victorious defeat of racial discrimination and inequality. Born 96 years ago, Madiba by.

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The World Celebrates Mandela’s Birthday

For many South Africans, this year’s celebration of Nelson Mandela’s birthday (July 18) is bittersweet, as the statesman died last year at the age of 95. But some say that.

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Dubai Building World’s Biggest Shopping Mall [Photos & Videos]

World’s favourite shopping and vacation destination is planning to become home to the largest shopping mall in the world. Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the emirate’s ruler has laid.

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A Nigerian, Nasir Yammama Wins UK Innovation Prize, Mentorship With Richard Branson

A Nigerian postgraduate student of Creative Technology at Middlesex University, United Kingdom, has emerged first place winner in the British Council’s Enterprise Challenge competition. Nasir Yammama, who is an indigene.

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Zimbabwe to Bid for World Cup

Zimbabwe will bid to host the Fifa World Cup in 2034 as it will by then have the capacity to host such a mega event when Africa gets another chance.

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World Cup 2014 Review: What is wrong with African football?

In our series of letters from African journalists, filmmaker and columnist Farai Sevenzo looks at the state of African football, bedevilled by the perennial problems of poor organisation, tactical indiscipline.

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