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Nigeria: FG Promises Economic Empowerment for N/Delta Region

The Federal Government and stakeholders from the Niger Delta region have resolved to work together to stop the recent upsurge in attacks on critical oil and gas installations and ensure.

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Africa: AfDB to Invest $5billion to Fight Drought

By Michael Chawe The Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has recently announced a $549m (Shs1.8 trillion) plan to support countries deal with drought and other effects of climate change on the.

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South Sudan Women Demand Role in Transitional Government

South Sudanese women’s rights activists are calling on the leaders of the Transitional Government of National Unity to include more women in the various branches of government that are to.

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Trump Vows to Undo Obama’s Climate Agenda in Appeal to Oil Sector

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, promised on Thursday to roll back some of America’s most ambitious environmental policies, actions that he said would revive the ailing U.S. oil.

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Brent Oil Pushes above $50 for First Time in Nearly Seven Months

Brent oil futures climbed above $50 a barrel on Thursday for the first time in nearly seven months, boosted after U.S. government figures showed a sharper-than-expected drawdown in crude stocks.

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U.N. Security Council Ends More Than a Decade of Sanctions, Arms Embargo on Liberia

The United Nations Security Council voted on Wednesday to end sanctions and an arms embargo on Liberia, citing the West African country’s successful stabilization more than a decade after a.

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Implementation of Agreement with S. Sudan Is Indivisible: Khartoum

Sudanese government recently stressed that the implementation of the cooperation agreement is indivisible and cannot be selective, ahead of meeting with South Sudanese officials to be held in Addis and.

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Nigeria: States Endorse 22-Point Fiscal Reform Action Plan

Nigerian States have agreed to reform the finances of state and local governments under a fiscal sustainability programme to ensure their long term viability, according a recent press release from.

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Power Africa: U.S. Inks Agreement with Nigeria’s Power Distribution Companies

Abuja – Under President Obama’s landmark Power Africa initiative, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has recently launched a new assistance program that aims to improve power distribution performance.

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Nigeria: French Embassy to Support Food-Aid Projects

Abuja– Under the food-aid programme 2016, an instrument of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support actions for food security and recovery of the means of production, the French.

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