Nigeria: Women Appeal for Sophisticated Farming Tools
06/04/2016Women Farmers Association of Nigeria in Lagos has recently appealed to the Federal Government to provide their members with sophisticated tools, to check stress in farming.
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Trade and Investment
Orange to Invest in Nigerian E-commerce Group
06/04/2016Stephane Richard, Chairman and CEO Orange French Telecommunications Company, Orange, is to invest 75 million euro ($85 million) in Nigerian e-commerce group, Africa Internet Group (AIG) and become a shareholder.
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International
China Announces Restrictions on Trade with North Korea
05/04/2016China’s Commerce Ministry has recently banned imports of North Korean gold and rare earths and exports to the country of jet fuel and other oil products used to make rocket.
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Peace and Security
World Bank Pledges $800M for Rehabilitation of North-East Nigeria
05/04/2016An estimated $9 billion would be required for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure in the six North-East states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe, the office.
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South Africa: Government Intensifies Support for Drought Hit Areas
05/04/2016South African President Jacob Zuma has recently committed all spheres of government to provide extra support to areas hard-hit by drought. The President was responding to a series of concerns.
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Peace and Security
Senegal Beefs Up Military as Security Threat Grows
05/04/2016Senegal’s President Macky Sall has recently said he would boost manpower and equipment for military and civil defence forces in the face of increasingly bold attacks by jihadists on neighbouring.
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Governance and Policy
Who Succeeds Dlamini-Zuma as AU Chief?
05/04/2016African Union Commission chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will not run for a second term in office of the 54-member bloc, her spokesman has recently said. She will leave the post in.
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CBT: Nigerians in Diaspora Throw Weight Behind JAMB
05/04/2016As mixed reactions continue to trail the adoption of Computer Based Test (CBT) by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the Nigerians in Diaspora Monitoring Group (NDMG) has recently.
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Africa: Trained Rats Help Doctors Detect Tuberculosis
05/04/2016Scientists from APOPO, an international firm known for using rats to locate landmines, is now training the giant pouched rodents to sniff out tuberculosis among inmates in Tanzania and Mozambique.
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Gender
Sudanese Tea Seller Wins US International Women of Courage Award
05/04/2016Sudanese entrepreneur Awadeya Mahmoud has recently been awarded the 2016 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award, the US Embassy in Khartoum has announced.
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