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China’s Sinosteel signs $680 million iron ore mine deal with Cameroon

Cameroon’s government has signed a 420 billion CFA franc ($675.96 million) high-grade iron ore mining deal with a subsidiary of Sinosteel Corporation Limited as China seeks new sources of the.

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South Sudan Gets First Permanent Bridge Over Nile

After it was formally opened on Thursday, jubilant people flocked to cross South Sudan‘s first permanent bridge over the Nile. The Japanese government funded the construction of the 560-metre-long Freedom.

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AU Sets Sights on Terrorism and Unconstitutional Regime Change

The African Union (AU) will hold an Extraordinary Summit focusing on the challenges of terrorism and violent extremism in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, from May 28, 2022, with a view to.

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UN urged to take action to prevent genocide in Ethiopia

Fifteen African civil society organisations have warned that the ongoing war in Ethiopia could equal the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda unless the United Nations immediately puts the.

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US announces $215m food assistance to African countries

United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has said that the US government would provide an additional $215 million in emergency food assistance in Nigeria, Algeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mauritania,.

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Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga Part of History as FIFA Names Women to Referee at World Cup for First Time

Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga is one of the female match officials appointed as FIFA announced women referees would officiate at a men’s World Cup finals for the first time at the.

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PUBLIC VOTING FOR AFRICAN BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AWARDS (ABLA) 2022 COMMENCES ONLINE

…winners to be honoured on 4th July 2022 in London, UK Portsmouth, United Kingdom/ May 20, 2022 The African Leadership magazine has recently unveiled a shortlist of nominees for 13.

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Time for accelerated change is now: Social security can save 15M children from becoming child labour statistics in 2022 – Unicef

In what seems like a united effort, the topic of the implementation of stringent and secure social security policies has become an important point during the 5th Global Conference on.

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5th Global Conference: Education and skills training to tackle child labour

During the 5th Global Conference on Child labour in Durban, inadequate education and skills development was a topic of significant discussion. Thirty-five million children in child labour are between the.

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South African Central Bank eyes digital rand to cut cross-border payment costs

A digital rand in South Africa could cut the high cost of cross-border payments for banks, but a senior central bank official said its introduction is still a few years.

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