No excuses for Ghana poverty 60 years after independence: President
08/03/2017By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Monday the country had run out of excuses for failing to end poverty and corruption, 60 years after.
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North Korea fires four ballistic missiles into sea, angering Japan and South
06/03/2017By Ju-min Park and Kaori Kaneko North Korea fired four ballistic missiles into the sea off Japan’s northwest on Monday, angering South Korea and Japan, days after it promised.
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Nigeria Advises Citizens against Non-Urgent Travel to U.S.
06/03/2017Nigeria has advised its citizens against any non-urgent travel to the United States until Washington clarifies its immigration policy, after several incidents in which people with valid visas were.
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Libya Forces Boost Campaign against Militias to Retake Oil Site
06/03/2017Libyan armed forces based in the east launched more airstrikes Saturday against militias that seized oil terminals a day earlier, a spokesman said, accusing troops from the country’s rival west.
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Wanted: Female Candidates for Algeria’s Parliament Quota
06/03/2017Algerian law requires the next parliament to be made up of 30 percent women — but political parties across the spectrum have struggled to come up with enough female candidates.
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Nigeria Trade Balance Turns Positive in Q4 as Exports Jump
06/03/2017Nigeria’s trade balance turned positive in the fourth quarter of 2016 after exports rose by more than half, the national bureau of statistics said on Saturday, the.
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More than 100 million at risk of starvation globally – U.N. official
06/03/2017By Umberto Bacchi The number of people facing severe hunger worldwide has surpassed 100 million and will grow if humanitarian aid is not paired with more support for.
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Remittances from Egyptians at $5 bln in three months after currency float -c.bank
06/03/2017Remittances from Egyptians abroad increased by 20 percent year-on-year in the three months following the country’s November currency float, totalling about $5 billion, a central bank statement said on.
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FG tracks assets held by MDAs, creates assets register
06/03/2017The Federal Government has launched an Asset Tracking and Management Project (ATMProject), through which for the first time, the Government would be able to locate, identify, assess and.
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Ethiopia: Diaspora Raises Over U.S.$2 Million for Dam Construction
03/03/2017By Haftu Gebrezgabiher The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Ethiopian Diaspora Community in different parts of the world raised 2,101,000 USD to back the construction.
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