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EU Pledges $80 Million Aid to Gambia after Two-Year Suspension

  By Lamin Jahateh The European Union pledged 75 million euros ($80 million) on Thursday to Gambia’s new government, two years after suspending aid due to human rights abuses by.

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Nigeria: 240,000 Children Die Annually From Diarrhoea – USAID

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has said that at least 240,000 Nigerian children die every year from diarrhoea related illness, one of the commonest childhood killer diseases..

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Tanzania government to construct 90 cancer centres this year

The government of Tanzania will set up 90 cervical cancer centres across the country in order to ensure early diagnosis of cervical and breast cancer and treatment of the of.

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Ghanaian and Egyptian pick $100,000 AU prize for scientific excellence

The two scientists were presented the $100,000 prize each on Monday at the 28th African Union Summit in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Ghanaian Felix Dapare Dakora is a Plant and.

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African Heads of State Make Commitment to Advance Immunization

Heads of State from across Africa endorsed the Addis Declaration on Immunization, also known as the Ministerial Declaration on Universal Access to Immunization, a historic and timely pledge to ensure.

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EU Looks to Camps in Africa to Cut Immigration

EU interior ministers will consider plans on Thursday to finance camps in Africa where the U.N. refugee agency and aid groups would process migrants to prevent them trying to cross.

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New Inventions in Africa Evolve in Three Stages: Expert Says

  By Iyke Aru Technological developments in Nigeria seem to always embrace a particular pattern. New inventions most often evolve in three stages within the sub-saharan nation, especially innovations that.

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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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