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10 Things to Avoid Doing During an Ebola Outbreak
Everyone is freaking out about contracting the Ebola virus these days, but unless you live in Liberia, Guinea or Sierra Leone or are a health care worker, your chances of contracting this disease are...
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Emerging Opportunities From Fixing Africa’s Power Infrastructure
Sub-Saharan Africa —home to six out of 10 of the fastest growing economies in the world – is challenged to maintain the impressive growth rates of close to 5 percent because it requires reliable and...
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Angola’s Rich Want To Make Global Impact
From Yahoo! Angola’s recent election to the UN Security Council is part of a wider bid to polish its veteran president’s image and transform the fast emerging oil-rich country into a regional...
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Angola Imports $1 Billion Annually In Wine
From Macau Hub Angola spends US$1 billion every year on importing wine, as national production is still small, according to figures issued in Luanda, at the inauguration of the second edition of the...
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Botswana Goes To The Polls
From Business Insider Botswanans went to the polls on Friday in an election that is expected to see President Ian Khama’s ruling party win a reduced majority as young and middle-class voters send out a...
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WHO Announces DR Congo Could Be Declared Ebola-Free In Late November
From Business Insider The Democratic Republic of Congo could be declared Ebola-free in late November, as its two-month outbreak apparently fizzles out, the World Health Organization said today. The DRC...
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Sinai Attacks In Egypt Kill 29 As Security Forces Are Targeted
From BBC The attack took place near El Arish, the main town in the north of the restive peninsula. Three more died in a shooting in the town itself. The bomb blast is one of the deadliest attacks in...
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Ethiopia To Send 210 Health Workers To Ebola-Hit West Africa
From Business Standard Ethiopia said it will deploy about 210 health professionals to Ebola-affected countries to support the response against the epidemic in West Africa. In addition, the East...
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S&P Downgrades Ghana And IMF Talks Continue
From The Financial Times Ghana’s credit rating has been downgraded deeper into “junk” territory by Standard & Poor’s on concerns that access to financing will continue to be a struggle even if it...
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Ophir Inks Two Oil Licenses Offshore Gabon
From Reuters Oil explorer Ophir Energy has been awarded two new blocks to drill for oil offshore Gabon, adding to its existing presence in the west African nation. The company said it had signed...
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Ivory Coast Conducts Manhunt For Ebola Suspect
From Yahoo! The Ivory Coast, currently free of the Ebola epidemic ravaging its neighbors, has launched a hunt for a Guinean health worker who may have fled his home country after possibly catching the...
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Ebola Cremation Mandate Results In Secret Burials IN Liberia
From The Guardian Even as Liberians fall ill and die of Ebola, many beds in treatment centres are empty because of the government’s order that the bodies of all suspected Ebola victims in the capital...
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Women In South Sudan Propose Sex Strike For Peace
From BBC Female peace activists in South Sudan have proposed a nationwide sex strike to end the country’s civil war. The activists want women to support the strike in the hope that it encourages men to...
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South Africa Gives More Support To Informal Businesses
From allAfrica Government will launch a fund that will support informal sector enterprises, especially in the townships, to achieve inclusive growth in the country’s economy. This was revealed at the...
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Somalia’s President And Prime Minister Have Major Public Spat
From Yahoo! Somalia’s president and prime minister were embroiled in a public spat, signalling yet another power struggle within the country’s internationally-backed government. A statement from...
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Sudan’s Bashir Wins Party Support For Vote, To Extend 25-Year Rule
From Reuters Sudan’s ruling party has given final approval to President Omar Hassan al-Bashir as its candidate in next year’s presidential vote, sealing his bid to extend his rule after 25 years in...
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Tight Security For Tunisia Election
From Seychelles News Agency Tunisians were voting Sunday in an election seen as pivotal to establishing democracy in the cradle of the Arab Spring uprisings, with security forces deploying heavily to...
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Morocco Increases Security Due To ‘Threats’
From Yahoo! Morocco, which has frequently reported the arrest of jihadists and is concerned over the number of its citizens fighting in Syria and Iraq, announced plans to bolster its security. Interior...
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Opposition Parties Reject Mozambique’s Election Results
From ABC News Mozambique’s opposition parties on Saturday rejected the victory of the ruling Frelimo party, alleging voter fraud in the southeastern African nation’s elections. On Friday, election...
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Mauritania Shuts Border With Mali Over Ebola
From Business Insider Mauritania has closed its border with Mali after a case of Ebola was confirmed in western Mali near their shared frontier, two Mauritanian officials said on Saturday. Limame Ould...
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