Somalia set for historic ‘New Deal’
16/09/2013The European Union has pledged 650m euro ($860m; £540m) at a conference in Brussels to help Somalia end more than two decades of conflict. The money is part of a.
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Syria crisis: France, US and UK want ‘strong’ UN resolution
16/09/2013France, Britain and the US will seek a “strong” UN resolution with “serious consequences” if Syria fails to hand over its chemical weapons, says French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. But.
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Women in leadership
Now Is The Time For Africa – Magatte Wade
16/09/2013Who knew a business could be based on the Hibiscus flower? Magatte Wade co-founded Adina World Beat Beverages in 2004, a manufacturing company based on a simple, sustainable, fair-trade model.
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Business & Economy
Airtel invested $3.5 billion in Nigeria
13/09/2013Airtel Nigeria’s Regional Operations Director Olusegun Macaulay revealed that the mobile operator has already invested more than $3.5 billion as part of its technology expansion across the country. He commented that.
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Prince William’s Passion: I dream of Africa
13/09/2013Dreaming of Africa is one way that Prince William escapes from the stresses he faces as the future king of Britain. “I regularly daydream,” The Duke of Cambridge reveals in.
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Development Stories
Kenya Discovers Huge Water Source
13/09/2013Test drilling confirmed there was water underneath the arid ground A huge water source has been discovered in the arid Turkana region of northern Kenya which could supply the country.
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Entrepreneurship
MTN, Jumia Partner To Boost E-commerce In Nigeria
11/09/2013Nigeria’s largest telecommunications network, MTN has partnered with online retail store, Jumia, to enable customers who purchase mobile phones from the store gain free access to the digital world for six.
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International
Syria crisis: Barack Obama puts military strike on hold
11/09/2013US President Barack Obama has put military action against Syria on hold and vowed to pursue diplomacy to remove the regime’s chemical weapons. Damascus has admitted for the first time.
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Americans plan solemn ceremonies for 12th anniversary of September 11 attacks
11/09/2013Americans will commemorate the 12th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with solemn ceremonies and pledges to not forget the nearly 3,000 killed when hijacked jetliners crashed into the World.
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Meet Nii Quaynor, Africa’s father of the internet:’ A web pioneer who helped establish some of the continent’s first online connections
10/09/2013If you’re reading this somewhere in Africa, then perhaps you should thank Nii Quaynor. The Ghanaian professor is known as “Africa’s father of the internet,” a web pioneer who helped.
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