Trump Expected to Order Temporary Ban on Refugees
25/01/2017U.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
23/01/2017A 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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Extensively Drug-Resistant TB on the Rise in South Africa
19/01/2017Extensively 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
18/01/2017By 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
18/01/2017The 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
12/01/2017A 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
12/01/2017Prime 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
09/01/2017By 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?
09/01/2017By 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
04/01/2017Officials 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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