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Finance Minister: ‘Liberia Is In A Recession’
From a Bloomberg report in BusinessDayLive. Liberia has entered a recession and the government needs to curb spending as the world’s deadliest Ebola outbreak in West Africa has hampered agriculture and...
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Kenya Head Of African Mobile Money Markets
Written by Michael Malakata | From PC World Technological and cultural trends have put Kenya at the forefront of the mobile money boom in Africa. A recent report by the Central Bank of Kenya shows that...
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Egypt ‘Has Key Role’ In Battle Against Islamic State: John Kerry
From BBC Egypt has a key role to play in countering Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on a visit to Cairo. He said Egypt could “publicly renounce” IS...
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Boko Haram Commander Killed In Fight With Nigerian Forces, Report
From The Guardian A leading commander of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has been killed along with 200 other militants in a rare victory for Nigeria’s armed forces, according to reports. One...
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Major Rally In Morocco Against Racism
From ABC News Dozens of activists demonstrated in Morocco’s capital in a rare protest against racism following the murder earlier of a Senegalese migrant. The protest comes a year after Morocco...
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South Africa Calls Emergency Summit Over Lesotho Deadlock
From iOL Lesotho’s deadlocked political parties failed to meet a Friday deadline for a fresh peace deal, prompting South Africa to call an emergency meeting of regional leaders. After promising South...
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Why Mauritius Is Attracting Foreign Investors
From BBC News They may just be a few tiny specs in the middle of the Indian Ocean, but the small island nation of Mauritius has made a big name for itself in offshore financial services. Traditionally...
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Mauritius Gets Boost In Foreign Investment, Mainly In Real Estate Sector
From Reuters Foreign direct investment in Mauritius jumped 67.3 percent to 7.926 billion rupees ($253 million) in the first six months of 2014 from a year earlier, helped by a flow of money into real...
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Tanzania Gets $565 Million To Expand Port
From Reuters Tanzania signed a $565 million deal on Friday with the World Bank and other development partners to expand its main port of Dar es Salaam, part of plans to boost the east African nation’s...
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United States Issues Terror Alert Of Plot In Uganda
From ABC News The U.S. embassy in Uganda warned American citizens in the country Saturday to stay at home overnight as Ugandan authorities attempt to foil a possible terror attack. The embassy in a...
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Arizona State University Charts How Fast Ebola Is Spreading In West Africa
From AZ Central An Arizona State University researcher has revealed just how fast Ebola is spreading through West Africa. Each person infected with Ebola spread the virus to at least one to two other...
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Rwandan Singer And Others Accused Of Plot Against Government
From Reuters A Rwandan singer known for his renditions of the national anthem and three others appeared in the High Court on Friday charged with conspiring against the government. Singer Kizito Mihigo,...
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Cuba In ‘Medical Diplomacy’ Effort Sends Doctors To Fight Ebola In West Africa
From Yahoo! Cuba’s pledge to deploy a 165-strong army of doctors and nurses to help fight the Ebola outbreak is the latest example of the Communist country’s decades-old tradition of “medical...
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How Will AngloGold’s Shareholders Respond To Asset Split?
From CNBC Africa AngloGold Ashanti may face a possible revolt from its shareholders over a 2.1 billion US dollar rights issue and asset split. According to Times Live, shareholders of the global gold...
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How Africa Is Becoming A Big Technology Player
From CNBC Africa Over the last several years, technology trends have shifted dramatically with Africa and China becoming big industry players. “China has really transformed itself; it is now the...
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Solving Local Problems WIth African Innovation
From CNBC Africa Africa continues to stun the world with its innovative ideas and technologies that are solving local challenges. Pauline Mujawamariya, program director of the Innovation Prize for...
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Cameroonian Company To Invest $2 Million In Solar Energy Project
Cameroon Telecommunications company (CAMTEL) has debuted a major investment solar energy plan. The program will have an investment of $2 million for the purchase of solar panels for 31 sites hosting...
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Ebola, Insurgency Affects Nigerian Economy; Growth Drops 0.5 Percent
From Star Africa Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that the country’s projected economic growth rate for this year would reduce by 0.5 percent due to adverse effects of...
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Oil & Gas Africa: Kenya Emerges As East Africa’s Powerhouse
As a frontier market, the countries of Africa represent both tremendous opportunities and tremendous risks. On the risk side of the ledger are all the usual complications of international trade and...
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Opinion: Oscar Pistorius Trial Reveals SA’s Confused Discourse
From BDlive The verdict in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial was always going to divide the country given how determined to prevail the two sides in the matter are. Pistorius’s supporters are delighted...
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