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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GENDER & SUSTAINABILITY – NEW YORK 2017

CONFERENCE MANDATE & RATIONALE Sustainability, which has been generally defined as ‘meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs;’ is.

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Uganda: Government Attributes Low Economy Performance to Drought

Uganda’s growth rate has dropped to 3.9% as a result of the drought that damaged the country’s agricultural sector and has caused it to yield a low output to the.

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INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL AND SOLID MINERALS FORUM

  Now more than ever before, Africa needs to push the frontiers of diversifying her economy from over dependence on single commodities to embracing the full bouquet of trade and.

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Bp, Total to Explore Untapped Senegal Oil Field

In a recent development, Oil & Gas firms Bp and Total are set to explore untapped oil and gas fields in Senegal. Senegal has negotiated a contract deal with the.

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82 Freed Chibok Girls Begin Rehabilitation Process

The federal government of Nigeria has sent the recently recovered Chibok girls on a four-month rehabilitation and remedial studies which will be supervised by the ministry of women affairs and.

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Barclays Africa Boost Sales, Reaches Target

  Barclays Plc shrinks its stakes in its Africa unit earlier than expected as the bank increased the size of a share sale by over 50 percent.    The London-based.

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The Need for the US to Remain Active Partners in Africa

  In a recent hearing in Washington, chairman of the House of Foreign Affairs Committee stated the need for the United States to remain active in Africa who is on.

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Nigerian Tech women Take Center Stage

    The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador W. Symington has recently honoured Nigerian women in technology, whom he said have strived to put the human race in outer.

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Agya Boakye-Boaten Receives Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship

By Thomas Calder       Agya Boakye-Boaten, chair and associate professor of Africana Studies at UNC Asheville, was recently awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program, funded by the.

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Nigeria: The Presidency, Lawmakers Deliberate over 2017 Budget

Nigeria’s 7.44 trillion naira ($24.45 billion) 2017 budget is still being deliberated upon by the presidency and lawmakers, nearly three weeks after the budget was passed says a government official..

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