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Increased Gulf Of Guinea Piracy To Fund Nigeria’s Election In 2015
Written by Ole Mikkelsen | From Reuters Piracy will increase in the Gulf of Guinea as Nigeria prepares for an election next February in order to funnel ransom money into campaign financing,...
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Ebola Fear Mongering On U.S. TV Stations To Win Viewers
U.S. TV station Fox News has been accused of spreading fear about Ebola and its spread from West Africa to Americans in order to attract viewership. The a speaker on show hosted by Fox News recently...
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An Adventurer’s Guide To Mbale and Mount Elgon, Uganda
4,321 meter-high Mount Elgon, the oldest solitary volcano in East Africa (that’s not part of a larger volcanic range), often gets overlooked on the regional adventure trail. But it has a lot going for...
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Is Cement The Next Hot Industry In Africa?
With infrastructure and urban growth accelerating across Africa, the usefulness of a humble building material like cement cannot be underestimated. A recent $300 million investment by sovereign fund...
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War Against Ebola Marred With Self Preservation Rhetorics
Over the past several weeks the spread of Ebola has gone from a relatively localized public health crisis to one with the potential to impact the entire world. There has been tremendous growth in...
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Ethiopia Abuses Anti-Terrorism Laws To Jail Three Magazine Owners
From AFP via Yahoo News Ethiopia has sentenced three magazine owners in absentia to more than three years in prison, a government spokesman said Wednesday, as a leading media rights group condemned the...
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South Africa’s ANC Youth League Beg Nicki Minaj To Return $900,000 Deposit
From Music Times Nicki Minaj is being hit up for the return of a $900,000 deposit made by South Africa’s ANC Youth League. The league is reportedly asking Minaj to return the large sum to charity after...
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Nigeria Online Retailer Konga To Become Africa’s Biggest Internet Company
From Ventures Africa Nigeria’s leading online retailer, Konga is set to become Africa’s biggest internet company as an investment of about $60 million is set to be injected into the company. According...
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1% Club Holds Crowdfunding For African Innovators In Nairobi
From HumanIPO African innovators who need funding to kick start or boost their social or environment projects have been invited to be part of a two day Crowd-funding initiative to be held at the Nailab...
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VC Investment In Africa: Movirtu Founders Unhappy With Sale To Blackberry
Written by Rebecca Wanjiku |From IT World The recent sale of Movirtu to BlackBerry is fanning an ongoing debate in Africa over the role venture capital plays in companies doing business on the...
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How Much Has The U.S. Committed In Fighting Ebola In West Africa?
From Reuters via Yahoo News The United States government has committed more than $350 million toward fighting the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and is ready to deploy up to 4,000 military personnel by...
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Discovering Tunisian Cuisine
After centuries of influence from the Romans, the Byzantines, the Turks, the Spanish and the rest of the Arab world, Tunisian cuisine is having its moment in the sun. It mixes sweet and savory, it’s...
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Ebola: From Health Crisis To Food Crisis?
Written by Adrienne Klasa | From This Is Africa As the Ebola virus continues to spread across western Africa, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is warning that the public health emergency...
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S.Africa Earmarks $190M To Improve Distressed Mining Towns
From Reuters South Africa said on Thursday it had earmarked 2.1 billion rand ($190 million) over the next three years to improve housing and living conditions in poor mining communities. The violent...
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Cuba Responds Strongly To West Africa Ebola; Partners With U.S.
From WSJ With risks growing that Ebola could flare on foreign shores, the U.S. is calling for nations to dispatch doctors and nurses to West Africa, where thousands of lives are on the line. Few have...
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How To Have A Great Experience In Lesotho
Lesotho is all too often overlooked by African travellers, but once people venture into its borders, they often find their hearts stolen. This small but perfectly formed nation sits entirely above 1000...
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10 Reasons to Visit Eritrea
Given its long history of conflict, both with colonial powers as well as with neighboring Ethiopia, Eritrea does not always top the lists with regard to African tourist destinations. But the natural...
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Most Dangerous Childhood Diseases
Children are some of the most vulnerable to disease in the world, and a shockingly high number of childhood deaths are easily preventable with the proper vaccines and healthcare. But where these are...
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Most Exciting Moments in Basketball History
Willis Reed rallies the New York Knicks to victory Willis Reed had four points in game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals. That statistic in itself is not impressive. The context, however, is the stuff that...
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10 Simple Foods To Help Beat Nausea
Soup isn’t just comforting when you have a cold. Studies have found that the high gelatin content in bone broth can help soothe a damaged digestive tract after stomach illness. It can even help those...
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