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Morocco Banned From Next frica Cup of Nations Tournaments
From Super Sport Morocco will be barred from the next two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments as punishment for refusing to host the 2015 edition in January-February, the Confederation of African...
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Mali Tracing 200 Contacts After New Confirmed Ebola Cases
From NBC News Mali is trying to trace at least 200 contacts linked to confirmed and probable Ebola victims in an effort to control its second Ebola outbreak, health officials said on Friday. An initial...
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Ebola-Infected Doctor Flown From Sierra Leone To US
From Business Insider A doctor from Sierra Leone who has contracted Ebola was early Saturday flown to the US where he has residency to be treated for the deadly virus, a senior medical official told...
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Soldier In South Sudan Shots US Embassy Vehicle
From ABC News A South Sudanese soldier fired two bullets at close range into a U.S. Embassy vehicle traveling in a convoy carrying the top U.S. official in the country, the American official said. U.S....
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To Escape Domestic Violence, Tanzanian Women Marry Each Other In A Practice...
From Mail & Guardian It is 12.30pm and an older woman emerges from her tiny mud house. A younger woman is making some porridge outside. These two women are husband and wife: they are traditionally...
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Samsung Electronics Experiences Squeeze In African Growth
From Reuters Africa Samsung Electronics expects high single-digit revenue growth in 2014, compared with the 50 to 60 percent annual expansion of the last few years, as the global economic malaise...
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South Africa Prepares For $900 Million Project To Clean Up Toxic Water
From Bloomberg South Africa got funds for a program that may cost 10 billion rand ($900 million) to clean up toxic water leaking from abandoned mine shafts in and around Johannesburg. After intensively...
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Ecobank Says It Will Raise $500 Million Of Equity For Its Nigerian Unit
From Bloomberg The Nigerian unit of pan-African lender Ecobank Transnational Inc. (ETI) plans to raise at least $500 million of equity to increase funding as the country sets stricter capital adequacy...
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Ebola Vaccine Trials To Begin In December
From CNBC Africa Doctors Without Borders (MSF) will start clinical trials for Ebola in West Africa in December. The trials will take place in three separate Ebola treatment centers and will be carried...
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Land-Grab Calls Heighten Tensions In South Africa
From Reuters To the squatters marking it up this week with sticks, rocks and strips of plastic, ‘Malema Valley’ is a little slice of South Africa they want to call home. To many others, including the...
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Kenya Wins Bid To Host Africa Travel Association Congress In 2015
From Daily Nation Kenya has won the bid to host the Africa Travel Association (ATA) world congress next year. East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie said the...
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African Business Leaders Pledge $28.5 Million For Ebola Fight
From Guardian Liberty Press Ebola has drawn the attention of African business leaders, who pledged to raise $28.5 million to be used to help those who have contracted the disease. The money will be...
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Former Foreign Minister Steps In As Burkina Faso’s Interim President
From Aljazeera Authorities in Burkina Faso named former foreign minister Michel Kafando as transitional president in a key step towards guiding the West African country to elections in the wake of a...
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Sub-Saharan Expected To Gain 240M More Internet Subscribers
Written by Simnikiwe Mzekandaba | From It Web Africa Mobile internet subscribers in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to reach 37% by the year 2020, says the GSM Association (GSMA). According to the...
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Bizarre-Sounding Pies For Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a holiday based on beloved food traditions — turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potato and pumpkin pie. But if there’s one Thanksgiving item that begs for multiples — it’s dessert, and now...
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Best Sites On The Internet For Coupons, Deals And Price Alerts
Decide is a price-prediction tool that helps consumers figure out when they should make their purchase, and whether or not prices will be going down in the near future. Decide members have the added...
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Somalia PM Gives Ministers Green light To Resign
From Reuters Africa Somalia’s prime minister told cabinet ministers on Monday to resign if they are unhappy, intensifying a dispute which has stymied efforts to rebuild the country after decades of...
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Automobile Firm Locks Down Projects Worth $79.2M In Zimbabwe, Tanzania
From The Economic Times Hinduja Group flagship firm Ashok Leyland today announced bagging of two large integrated transport projects in Tanzania and Zimbabwe worth a total of $79.2 million. As part of...
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Band Aid 30 Stars Release New Single For Ebola Funds
It’s a familiar song with a not-so-familiar line-up. U2 frontman Bono returned for the new Band Aid track 30 years after Bob Geldof made the original, “Do They Know It’s Christmas,” but most of cast...
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Belgium Conference Rolls Out Innovative Aid, Development Products
Last week at the Brussels AidEx conference, organizations and individuals showcased tools and products which aid workers in developing countries can use, should they find themselves in harsh...
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