South Africa: Newly Empowered Black Farmers Ruined By Drought
03/08/2016By Desmond Latham Almost half a decade of drought across most of South Africa has led to small towns in crisis and food imports for the first time in over.
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US Responds Coolly to Turkish Accusation That West Supports Terror
03/08/2016U.S. officials Tuesday responded dispassionately to accusations made by an angry Turkish leader, who last month survived a coup attempt, that “the West is supporting terror and standing by the.
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Peace and Security
Why Obama Supports Libya’s Fight with Islamic State
03/08/2016President Barack Obama said it is in the U.S. national security interest to support Libya’s emerging government’s fight against Islamic State, a day after his administration said it launched air.
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Governance and Policy
Zuma, Economy in Focus as South Africans Vote in Local Elections
03/08/2016South Africans queued in the winter cold on Wednesday to vote in local elections seen as a referendum on President Jacob Zuma’s scandal-plagued leadership and an economy forecast to stagnate.
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Entrepreneurship
7 STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL ‘DO-IT-YOURSELF’ MARKETING
02/08/2016By: Josef Holm (Tech Entrepreneur, Crowdfunding Innovator & CEO Krowdster) These actionable crowdfunding marketing tips were developed for rewards/pre-sale crowdfunding campaigns on #Kickstarter, #Indiegogo and similar crowdfunding platforms, but most.
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Gender
Nigeria: FG Plans Aquaculture Training for Youths, Women
02/08/2016Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has recently announced that the Federal Government is set to develop training centres across the country to train women.
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Diaspora
Rwanda: Diaspora Students Urged to Channel Skills towards Developing the Country
02/08/2016The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and ICT (MYICT) Rwanda, Rosemary Mbabazi, has told Rwandan Diaspora students to be competitive and think about how to impact communities through.
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Zimbabwe Current Deficit to Rise to US$ 2.8 Billion in 2016
02/08/2016By: Barnabas Thondhlana United Kingdom-based researcher Exotix Partners, has projected Zimbabwe’s current account deficit to rise to US$2,8 billion this year, largely due to a widening trade deficit despite a.
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Feud over Dead Muslim Soldier Roils U.S. Presidential Campaign
02/08/2016The race for the White House was dominated Monday by the battle of words between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Khizr Khan — the father of a Muslim-American soldier killed.
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UN Peace Force in S. Sudan to Stay Longer; Expansion Possible
02/08/2016The United Nations has extended its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan until August 12, amid increasing reports of renewed violence in the country’s southern states. The mandate for the U.N..
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