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Africa Ernst Young Wants Barrier to Trade in Africa Removed
The Ernst & Young, an international professional service firm, has stressed the need for Nigeria and other African countries to initiate policies that will lead to the removal of barriers to trade in the continent. The Regional Managing Partner, Ernst & Young, Mr. Henry Egbiki, who said this, also pointed out that foreign investors now see the continent as a land of opportunities. ...
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Africa 75 Heads of State 450 Journalists to Attend AU Summit
The African Union Commission (AUC) says 75 Heads of States and Governments from AU member state are expected to attend the 21st African Union Summit. The summit is scheduled to hold between from May 19 to May 27 in Addis Ababa. A statement by the Commission's Directorate of Information and Communication and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Addis Ababa on Saturday, ...
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South Africa has long been a destination for fertility tourists. Now agencies are recruiting SA women to fuel Indias burgeoning surrogacy business.
Tammuz International Surrogacy agency, which opened its doors in South Africa in 2008, is in search of women under the age of 31. At first glance the prospect appears enticing. An all-expenses-paid holiday in Mumbai, including flights, visas, breakfast and dinner, transport to and from the airport and a little sightseeing. Of course there are the hormones. First an oral contraceptive pill and ...
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Police easily cracks down Cameroon protests
Cameroon's nation-wide anti-government protests started modestly today, with calls for President Paul Biya to step down. But protesters in Douala and ...
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Namibias Sam Nujoma hospitalised
Former Namibian President Sam Nujoma "has been hospitalised, following a pacemaker procedure or pacemaker implantation," according to "highly placed family and medical ...
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Equatorial Guinea prohibits Egypt revolt reports
No talk of a Tunisia or Egypt-style revolutions in Equatorial Guinea. These were the orders given to media in the country, which all are controlled by the state or the family of President Teodoro Obiang ...
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Fake unity govt in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea's Dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema has decreed the establishment of a "national unity government," including opposition forces. The main opposition party however calls the move a ...
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High alert over Tanzania deadly virus
A deadly disease which broke out in Tanzania this year risks spreading to Southern Africa, posing a mortal threat to more than 50 million sheep and goats and bringing risks of famine to the region, FAO warned ...
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DR Congo gets US$ 7bn debt cancellation
The main creditors of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) have agreed to cancel Congolese foreign debts totalling US$ 7.35 billion. Much of the unsustainable debt was accumulated under ex-Dictator Mobutu Sese ...
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Libya rebels shoot down fighter jets
Sources in Benghazi insist that three pro-Ghaddafi fighter jets were shot down today. In an attempt to bomb the city, the jets had to fly low and were ...
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The Latest Images from Syria
This citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens shows Syrian rebels preparing to repel an attack by government forces, in Qusair, Homs province, Syria, May 19, ...
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Rebels Army Clash in Eastern DRC
Fresh fighting has erupted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the army and rebel group M23 -- the first clash between the sides in nearly six ...
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India China Pledge to Overcome Border Tensions
NEW DELHI -- The leaders of Asian giants India and China say they will take steps to build greater mutual trust a month after a tense dispute over their shared border. With words like friendship, peace and consensus, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart, Li Keqiang, meeting in New Delhi, set out to move past the standoff that dominated headlines just weeks ago. ...
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Nigerias AMCON to retire 2 trln naira of bonds in 2013 and 2014
LAGOS | Mon May 20, 2013 8:41am EDT LAGOS May 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria's state-owned AMCON plans to retire 2 trillion naira worth of its 5.7 trillion naira of bonds this year and next from bad loan recoveries and refinance what's left with the central bank, the "bad bank" said on Monday. Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) said it had made "great progress" ...
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Uganda police raid newspaper over generals letter
KAMPALA, Uganda -; Witnesses say police in Uganda forcibly entered the offices of an independent newspaper to search for evidence against an army general who questioned the president's alleged plan to have his son succeed ...
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Rebels attack C. African Republic villages 8 dead
Rebels overthrew the country's president in March, and for some time there have been allegations of involvement from Sudanese and Chadian ...
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Brazils da Silva wins Zambia Golf Open title
Brazilian Adilson da Silva claimed the Zambia Golf Open title with an overall 11-under-par score to become only the sixth golfer in the history of the championship to win the crown twice, the Times of Zambia reported on Monday.The Brazilian, winner of the Zambia Open in 2010, scored a modest 73-par but this was enough to win the title by one stroke after his two main competitors faltered as they ...
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R2Bees Grab Six Awards Vodafone Ghana Music Awards
R2Bees It was all thrills and surprises at this year's edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) as the sensational R2Bees took home the Artiste of the Year ...
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Algeria heading for revolt if footballs anything to go by
Algeria is competing to be the next Arab nation to witness a popular revolt. That is assuming football is a barometer of rising discontent in a region experiencing a wave of mass protests that have already toppled the leaders of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen and sparked civil war in ...
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Subsidy reform dispute imperils Moroccos ruling coalition
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT, May 20 (Reuters) - Morocco's junior government party is threatening to quit the coalition unless Islamist prime minister Abdelilah Benkirane moderates plans for sweeping cuts to subsidies on food and energy. Increased subsidies have been part of Morocco's strategy to prevent popular discontent welling up into an uprising of the kind that has toppled ...
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Congos army clashes with rebels near eastern city of Goma
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese soldiers clashed with rebel fighters for the first time in nearly six months on Monday near the city of Goma, just days before U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is due to visit the troubled eastern ...
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Women Writers Of African Ancestry Hold Conference In Accra
By Phyllis D. Osabutey There were women of different colours, dressing and a myriad hair styles. An intense informal interaction was taking place, as many exchanged greetings by hands and by kisses, others were busy taking photographs with those they had not seen in a while, and could not hide their joy at the opportunity of meeting again. Others were happy to meet their heroine writers for the ...
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Liberia Open Budget Extends to Rural Liberia
The Open Budget Initiatives (OBI) launched by the Ministry of Finance is being taken to rural Liberia to educate citizens on government's financial programs. The Open Budget Initiative, launched by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf early this year, is intended to explain to average Liberians the expenditure of the national budget. The OBI team over the week visited students of Harbel, ...
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Nigeria Nigerian Military Shut GSM Telecommunications in Maiduguri in Hunt for Boko Haram
residents lamented the collapse of telecommunications services in Maiduguri. There has been a partial telecommunications shut down in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital over the State of Emergency declared in the state by President Goodluck Jonathan. Residents of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital woke up on Friday to realise that what they thought was a minor problem with mobile telephone ...
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Liberia Liberia Seeks U.S. Protective Gear in Mali
Liberia has requested the United States' (US') support in the form of protective gear, to enable the deployment of the Liberian platoon that will participate in the peacekeeping operation in Mali. A dispatch from Washington, the United States of America says President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf also sought U.S. support in tackling drug trafficking in the West African Region. President ...
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Kenya leading the world on credit access
Kenya has been hailed by the World Bank as a world leader in financial innovation, revamping its financial services sector in such a way that access for the poor to micro-loans is made easier, providing the means to independence and future prosperity.
Proponents of micro-loans argue that they are a significant means of lifting the poor out of poverty and providing them with the means by which to develop financial independence. When one considers that Kenya has a population in which around 56% of people live below the poverty line, the government’s efforts to increase access to credit and financial services for the poor becomes poignant. Read more
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