Somali Lawmakers Vote for President
08/02/2017Somali lawmakers gathered behind the blast walls of the capital’s airport on Wednesday to elect their president, after months of delays and threats from Islamist insurgents bent on derailing the.
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Somali Police Beef-Up Security In Capital Before Presidential Election
08/02/2017Somali authorities blocked main roads in the capital and barred vehicles from driving near the secure airport compound on Tuesday in a security lock down before a presidential election. After.
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South Africa’s Sappi to Invest $305M in North America, Europe
08/02/2017South African pulp and paper maker Sappi will invest $305 million in North America and Europe to increase its packaging capacity, the firm said on Wednesday after releasing its first-quarter.
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The African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year 2016
08/02/2017About the Event The African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year is in keeping with our.
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Political prisoners among 10 ministers sworn-in by Gambia’s president
02/02/2017Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has sworn-in 10 cabinet ministers in the capital Banjul on Wednesday. Among them are political prisoners during exiled former President Yahya Jammeh’s regime including leader of.
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Winning a Global Sports Event Can Transform Economies
01/02/2017… Robust economic development and communications strategies essential By Martin Roche, Writer at Large 2017 will go down as an historic year. Not because Donald Trump became the 45th.
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African Heads of State Make Commitment to Advance Immunization
01/02/2017Heads of State from across Africa endorsed the Addis Declaration on Immunization, also known as the Ministerial Declaration on Universal Access to Immunization, a historic and timely pledge to ensure.
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Morocco Re-joins African Union
01/02/2017Morocco rejoined the club of African states on Tuesday, 33 years after quitting over recognition of Western Sahara, bringing one of Africa’s largest economies into the fold and raising hopes.
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Uganda: Restore, Conserve Wetlands to Fight Environmental Degradation
01/02/2017By Rosa Malango If you have ever fetched clean water from a lake, river or any other natural water body you should probably thank a wetland. Wetlands, are like sponges,.
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Former U.N. Chief Ban Rules out Running for President of South Korea
01/02/2017Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, once considered the front-runner to be next president of South Korea, ruled out running for the top job on Wednesday, disappointed at the “selfish ways”.
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