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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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Malawi Tells Farmers Not to Panic over Army Worms

Officials in Malawi say they are on high alert for a possible invasion of army worms which have attacked crops in neighboring Zambia. The country is spraying pesticides in an.

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Why CAR Begins Closing of Displaced Persons Camp in Bangui

By Zack Baddorf The president of the Central African Republic announced last week he intends to close the camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in the capital’s international airport. The.

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EU Offers 610 Million Euros to Niger to Curb Migration

  The European Union offered 610 million euros ($635 million) to Niger on Thursday for keeping a lid on migration from Africa through the Mediterranean to Europe. The bloc, anxious.

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