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Africa: At the Crucial Nexus of Water and Energy

Global institutions are still in the learning phase when it comes to successfully managing water and energy in an integrated manner as part of the quest for sustainable development. According.

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Interview – Meet the Man Who Generated #bringbackourgirls Hashtag that caused the global protest

As at May 31, a Twitter analytic tool, Topsy, estimated that more than 3.1 million tweets have been sent using the #BringBackOurGirls hash tag. Ibrahim M. Abdullahi coined the hashtag.

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Ugandan Minister Elected As UN General Assembly Head Despite Campaign

Wednesday’s election of Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa as the 69th president of the United Nations General Assembly has drawn a flurry of reactions from Ugandans and the international community..

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Singapore to boost economic ties with Africa

Third edition of Africa Singapore Business Forum sets the stage for stronger trade and investment flows between both markets 1.         Singapore has emerged the largest investor in Africa among the.

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Analysis: How Social Media ‘Twitter’ Built Global Outrage On Abduction of Nigerian Girls

The international vortex of tweets that brought huge global attention over the missing schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents, is fast ebbing, drawing worried concerns to the fickle nature of.

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Africa is Ripe for Investment

US has just announced that it has invited over 47 African leaders to Washington for a US-Africa Summit. The summit is going to focus on trade. It comes up as.

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New EU programme to strengthen land governance in ten African countries

BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, April 9, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/– A new programme worth €33 million to improve land governance and help improve the food and nutrition security of family farmers.

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Tanzania Could Become East Africa’s Transport Hub – President

In line with its prospects of acheiving regional transportation hub status, Tanzanian President, Jakaya Kikwete says his country’s plans to hike its cargo volumes by 40 percent over 2013 levels.

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African Women Push for Equality in Land and Resource Rights

Elizabeth Maimo, a 52-year-old farmer in Santa in Cameroon’s Northwest Region, has struggled since custom dictated she surrender her piece of family land in 2012 to her younger brother, a.

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Nigeria And Namibia To Build Private Sector-Financed Refinery

Nigeria and Namibia have announced plans to jointly construct an oil refinery as both countries seek to maximise the cooperation in the area of energy. The two African countries made.

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