Barclays to Pay $988Mln to Split from African Business
23/02/2017Barclays has agreed to pay Barclays Africa nearly $1 billion to fund investments needed for it to split from its African business, paving the way for the British bank to.
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Britain Pledges Extra $250 Million to Fight Famine in Africa
23/02/2017Britain will provide additional aid money to South Sudan, where famine has been declared in parts of the country, and to Somalia, where there is a credible risk of famine,.
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Somali President Calls on Al Shabaab to Surrender at Inauguration
23/02/2017Somalia’s new president was inaugurated on Wednesday, promising his people that the era of al Shabaab and other Islamist militant groups was over. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, a dual U.S.-Somali citizen,.
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Don’t Be Surprised When Your Employees Quit
23/02/2017I recently wrote a post about the financial cost companies incur from losing talented employees. My hope was to illuminate in concrete terms just how expensive it is to lose.
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UN Boosts Aid for Ethiopia, Somalia to Head off Famine
22/02/2017U.N. aid agencies are appealing to international donors to provide money to scale up lifesaving operations in drought-stricken Ethiopia and Somalia, where millions of hungry people are at risk of.
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World Must Do More to Protect Children from Conflict- Officials Warn
22/02/2017The French government and UNICEF are urging the international community to step up protection of children living in and fleeing armed conflict that affects tens of millions of youngsters..
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Justice Minister Says South Africa Still Intends To Quit ICC
22/02/2017South Africa’s government still plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice Minister Michael Masutha said on Wednesday, after a court ruled that it was unconstitutional to do.
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Germany Wants Surveillance Airships for U.N. Mission In Mali
22/02/2017The German military plans to beef up security for a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali by deploying a number of tethered aerostats – small airships with threat-tracking sensors – like.
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Tunisia Growth Slows To 1 Pct in 2016: Official Data
22/02/2017Tunisia’s economic growth slowed to 1 percent in 2016 compared with 1.1 percent in the previous year, official figures showed on Tuesday. The state statistics institute said the.
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Malaysia Names North Korean Diplomat Wanted for Questioning in Airport Murder
22/02/2017By Rozanna Latiff Malaysian police on Wednesday named a senior official in North Korea’s embassy and a staffer at its state airline, who are wanted for questioning over.
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