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SA’s Reserve Bank To Cut Interest Rate

South Africa’s Reserve Bank will probably cut interest rates next month or in September to boost the country’s economy. A median forecast from economists, polled this week, suggests the South.

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Final Campaigns For Mauritanian Elections

Candidates for Mauritania’s presidential elections held their final rallies on Thursday ahead polls which are expected to lead to the West African country’s first peaceful transfer of power since independence.

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Lorenzo Natali Media Prize 2019: Winners Of Eu’s Development Journalism Award Unveiled

Brussels, 19 June 2019. In recognition of the critical importance of independent, well-informed and reliable journalism on development around the world, the European Commission has today awarded three journalists the.

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EU Trust Fund Bêkou For The Central African Republic Extended Until 2020

The European Union Trust Fund has approved the extension of the deployment of the Bêkou Trust Fund (which means “hope” in Sango). The Fund which is designed for the promotion,.

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Development Journalism, Key To Ending Inequality, Building Social Cohesion-Kingsley Okeke

Abuja, Nigeria – Mr. Kingsley Okeke, the Managing Editor, African Leadership Magazine, has said that development and responsive journalism is key to ending inequalities and building social cohesion in Nigeria,.

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EU-Africa Partnership Takes Center Stage As Over 8000 Delegates Attend EDD 2019 In Brussels

EU-Africa partnership topped discussions at the 13th European Development Days, EDD program which held at the Tour & Taxis in Brussels, from the 18th-19th June 2019. The event with the.

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Lesotho Leads African Marijuana Export Market

US cannabis oil and concentrates manufacturer Halo Labs said this week it had entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire Bophelo Bioscience & Wellness, a move that would.

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Mutharika Appoints New Finance Minister

Malawian President Peter Mutharika has appointed minister of agriculture Joseph Mwanamvekha, an economist and former banker, as finance minister in his new cabinet, the chief secretary to the government said.

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Namibia Targets $1 Billion Worth Of Investments

Namibia is to host a two-day economic summit which is expected to attract at least $1 billion worth of investments over the next two years, the Ministry of Information and.

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Buhari Appoints Kyari, Head Of State-owned Oil Firm

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a new group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the state oil firm said on Thursday, one of his first appointments.

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