Category: International Business & Finance
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Zimbabwe will not allow externally sponsored unrest during SADC summit, says home affairs minister
Leaders of the Southern African Development Community will gather in Harare on August 17 for the 44th Summit of the regional bloc. During the event, they will hand over the SADC chairmanship to Zimbabwe. “ANY attempts by foreign-sponsored opposition elements to cause violent protests before or during the SADC Summit of Heads of State and…
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Niger: More than 600 billion CFA francs to revolutionize agriculture
The $1 billion program to modernize the agricultural and livestock sectors was officially launched on July 29 in the presence of Prime Minister Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine. The project aims to✔️ ensure food security,✔️ ensure resilience to climate risks,✔️ increase agricultural productivity. Zeine stressed that the plan, the first of its kind, “is a challenge…
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Ethiopia secures $1.5 billion loan from World Bank support for ongoing economic reforms
The agreement, announced on Tuesday, includes a $1 billion grant and a $500 million loan, representing a significant step in the long-standing partnership between Ethiopia and the World Bank, according to the finance ministry. The deal was signed by Ethiopian Finance Minister Ato Ahmed Shide and Maryam Salim, World Bank Country Director for Ethiopia, Eritrea,…
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Liberia: Top Officials of former Weah-Taylor Administration Charged with Economic Sabotage, Three Sent To Jail
Monrovia – What the Weah-Taylor administration failed to do upon taking over the mantle of leadership in 2018 is exactly what President Joseph Boakai is doing now. It was a rude awakening for many Liberians – especially those from both sides of the aisle (Unity Party and Coalition for Democratic Change) when several top former…
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Militarization going full throttle: what’s behind the Pentagon’s Japan command upgrade?
The Pentagon has announced it will upgrade its command in Japan, providing it with more warfighting responsibilities, following the US-Japan security meeting that took place in Tokyo on July 28. The gathering named Russia, China and North Korea as “security challenges”, prompting a rebuke from China that warned Japan and US against “creating imaginary enemies”.…
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Egypt Stresses Importance of Supporting Lebanon amid Escalating Tensions with Israel
Egypt stressed the importance of supporting Lebanon and “sparing it the scourge of war”, the country’s foreign ministry said on Sunday, Reuters reported. This came amid escalating tensions between Israel and the Iran-aligned Lebanese Hezbollah group. Cairo, a mediator in the ongoing Gaza war, also warned of the dangers of opening new war front with…
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UNESCO adds five new African sites to World Heritage List
Melka Kunture and Balchit: Paleontological sites in Ethiopia, featuring footprints dating back 2 million years; The Royal Court of Tiebele in Burkina Faso: An earthen architectural complex built by the Kasena ethnic group since the 16th century; The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi in Kenya: One of the most significant Swahili cities on…
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Cameroon ratifies air transport agreement with South Africa
“The ratification of this agreement will strengthen cooperation between the two countries. This will increase business opportunities, develop trade, but also other commercial activities,” Jean Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe, Cameroon’s Minister of Transport, told the press. The agreement initially concluded in Cape Town on July 14, 2011 and ratified this Wednesday by Cameroonian President Paul…
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Turkey approves two-year military deployment to Somalia
Turkey’s parliament on Saturday approved a motion to deploy its armed forces to Somalia, including to the country’s territorial waters. The two-year operation aims to support Mogadishu’s counterterrorism operations and comes months after the two countries signed a defence and economic cooperation deal. Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab has been waging an insurgency against the Somali…
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Uganda’s U-Signup app: promoting inclusive communication in deaf education
The National Association of the Deaf in Uganda focuses on education by partnering with the government to establish specialized schools for deaf children and train teachers in sign language, Robert Nkwangu, executive director of the National Association of the Deaf of Uganda, told Sputnik Africa through interpreter Wycliff Bukenya. They also offer vocational skills training…
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