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Nigeria UK U.S. to Assist FG Over Crude Oil Theft - Alison-Madueke
The United Kingdom and the United States have indicated interest to assist Nigeria curb the menace of crude oil theft which President Goodluck Jonathan has described as "blood oil". The minister of petroleum resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, made the announcement at a lecture entitled "The Future of African Energy in a Changing World" delivered on Sunday at St. ...
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Nigeria Interception of Phone Calls
In February, this year, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) enunciated a policy which empowers government security agencies to tap citizens' phone calls, short message services (SMS) and chat messages.The NCC, in the draft regulation, said that it would allow unhindered access to communications. "These regulations shall provide the legal and regulatory framework for the lawful ...
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Police easily cracks down Cameroon protests
Cameroon's nation-wide anti-government protests started modestly today, with calls for President Paul Biya to step down. But protesters in Douala and ...
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Libya rebels shoot down fighter jets
Sources in Benghazi insist that three pro-Ghaddafi fighter jets were shot down today. In an attempt to bomb the city, the jets had to fly low and were ...
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Gabon nets US$1.7bn Singaporean investments
Gabonese authorities have managed to secure investments worth a total of US$ 1.7 billion from Singapore, including a new fertilizer plant to be set up outside Port Gentil and palm oil ...
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Nigerias AMCON to retire 2 trln naira of bonds in 2013 and 2014
LAGOS | Mon May 20, 2013 8:41am EDT LAGOS May 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria's state-owned AMCON plans to retire 2 trillion naira worth of its 5.7 trillion naira of bonds this year and next from bad loan recoveries and refinance what's left with the central bank, the "bad bank" said on Monday. Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) said it had made "great progress" ...
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R2Bees Grab Six Awards Vodafone Ghana Music Awards
R2Bees It was all thrills and surprises at this year's edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) as the sensational R2Bees took home the Artiste of the Year ...
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Algeria heading for revolt if footballs anything to go by
Algeria is competing to be the next Arab nation to witness a popular revolt. That is assuming football is a barometer of rising discontent in a region experiencing a wave of mass protests that have already toppled the leaders of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen and sparked civil war in ...
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Subsidy reform dispute imperils Moroccos ruling coalition
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT, May 20 (Reuters) - Morocco's junior government party is threatening to quit the coalition unless Islamist prime minister Abdelilah Benkirane moderates plans for sweeping cuts to subsidies on food and energy. Increased subsidies have been part of Morocco's strategy to prevent popular discontent welling up into an uprising of the kind that has toppled ...
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Tunisia Calm Restored in Kairouan
Kairouan - Calm was restored to the city of Kairouan on Sunday afternoon. Tension flared in that city over the week-end in the wake of the Interior Ministry's ban on the holding of the third congress of unrecognised "Ansar al-Sharia." Security reinforcements deployed in the city of Kairouan and the vicinity of the Oqba Ibn Nafaa Mosque to ban the Ansar-al Sharia meeting pulled ...
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Tunisia Ansar Al-Sharia Supporter Dies in Clashes in Ettadhamen District
Tunis - A young supporter of Ansar Al-Sharia died on Sunday afternoon of injuries sustained in clashes that occurred in the Ettadhamen neighbourhood, a security source told TAP agency. "Moez Dahmani, a 27-year-old supporter of Ansar Al-Sharia died in hospital of injuries sustained in clashes in Ettadhamen district," TAP learnt from a security source. "A policeman and a supporter ...
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Tunisia Interior Ministry Denies Decreeing Ettadhamen District Closed Security Area
Tunis - The Interior Ministry spokesman dismissed, on Sunday, reports asserting that the Ettadhamen neighbourhood had been decreed "closed security area." "No decision had been made to decree the Ettadhamen district a closed security area," spokesperson Mohamed Ali Aroui told TAP agency, wondering about the import of such a procedure. The official also deemed ...
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Western Sahara Mhamed Khaddad On Working Visit to Germany
Berlin - Mr. Mhamed Khadad, member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front and coordinator with MINURSO, has made a working visit to Germany in the period between May 14 and 17, where he met officials at German Foreign Ministry and some political forces, according to a Saharawi official source. These meetings focused on the latest developments of national cause, especially the ...
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Liberia Open Budget Extends to Rural Liberia
The Open Budget Initiatives (OBI) launched by the Ministry of Finance is being taken to rural Liberia to educate citizens on government's financial programs. The Open Budget Initiative, launched by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf early this year, is intended to explain to average Liberians the expenditure of the national budget. The OBI team over the week visited students of Harbel, ...
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Liberia Liberia Seeks U.S. Protective Gear in Mali
Liberia has requested the United States' (US') support in the form of protective gear, to enable the deployment of the Liberian platoon that will participate in the peacekeeping operation in Mali. A dispatch from Washington, the United States of America says President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf also sought U.S. support in tackling drug trafficking in the West African Region. President ...
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Sudan Detained Women Continue Hunger Strike in North Kordofan Prison
Kadugli - Three of the 18 women who embarked on a hunger strike on 13 May are sustaining their protest to draw attention to their situation. The women were arrested at various points last year for alleged links to the Sudanese rebel group, SPLA-North. According to a statement last week by Human Rights and Development Organisation (HUDO), after serving six months in detention, they have still ...
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Nigeria Nigeria Targets 700000 Young Farmers in New Job Initiative
A new government plan, "Youth in Agriculture", is expected to create jobs for youth. The Federal government is currently developing a presidential initiative aimed at creating 700,000 young commercial farmers in the agricultural sector of the country, the minister of agriculture said. Adewumi Adesina, disclosed this in Akure, Ondo State when he delivered a Foundation Day Lecture of ...
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Liberia Well Make Up - Liberian Prez Sirleaf Somersaults Over Spat With Liberia Media
Barely a week after her now infamous declaration that she was "enjoying this benign neglect" and "I wish they will continue it for a long time," when asked to response to a much-publicized blackout by major newspapers and radio stations in Liberia, protesting anti-media statements attributed to the head of her Executive Protection Service, Liberian president Ellen ...
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Liberia A Big Blow to Liberia - Death of Archbishop Francis Hits Nation Catholic Church
Monrovia - Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis, an outspoken clergy renowned for his fiery sermons and stance against brutal regimes of former presidents Samuel Doe and Charles Ghankay Taylor is dead. Archbishop Francis who never fully recovered since he suffered a stroke in 2004 has been ailing for quite some time. His death leaves a major vacuum in the Catholic Church of Liberia. Born ...
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Liberia Ellen Defends Record
Despite a recent independent audit, which cast doubt on good governance and transparency here, amidst a media rage, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Friday defended her government's record on good governance and transparency. The Reuters news agency quotes president Sirleaf as saying that audit of resource contracts by accounting firm Moore Stephens had been commissioned to fix, and not ...
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Nigeria Anti-Terror War Gulped N372 Billion in 2012 - Report
The latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), based in Sweden, shows that in 2012, Nigeria ranked as the 6th highest spender on the military in Africa, and this is because of the increase in insurgency across the country. The war against terror in Nigeria raised military expenditure to a staggering $2.327 billion (N372.3 billion) in 2012 alone, ranking ...
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Liberia Our Tribute to Bishop Michael K. Francis
The Most Outspoken personality in contemporary Liberia has been silenced permanently by the power of death. Catholic Archbishop Michael K. Francis has finally given up the ghost following a prolonged illness. His Demise Was announced on state radio Sunday, May 19, 2013 by the Archbishop of the Diocese of Monrovia Lewis Jerome Zeigler. According to Archbishop Zeigler, Bishop Francis died at ...
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Ethiopias Ogaden rebels issue famine alert
Rebel groups in Ogaden fighting the Ethiopian government warn of a "severe drought" in the region, which could develop into famine. They claim government is withholding ...
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Ethiopia crackdown on opposition to prevent protests
The Ethiopian opposition reports that over 250 of its central members have been arrested during the week. The arrests are seen in connection with a planned mass ...
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Gabon opposition chief faces treason case
Mr Obame leads the one-year-old National Union party, uniting many of Gabon's main opposition parties. In the August 2009 presidential election, Mr Obame stood as an independent candidate, losing out to interim President Ali Bongo. The Gabonese opposition leader in January created international headlines as he declared himself winner of the elections held 17 months earlier. The declaration ...
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Sudan and the South
In January of 2011 the future of Sudan as a unified country will be decided. A referendum is due to be held in South Sudan that will decide whether the regional government of the area, which accounts for around a third of Sudan, should break away from the rest of the country and become a fully-independent nation.
South Sudan has a long history of being at odds with the rest of the country and this conflict of interests has been attributed in Western media to the fact that northern Sudan is primarily Muslim and Arab dominated, whereas South Sudan is made up of indigenous African cultures and ethnicities, this view has been reinforced by the ongoing violence in Darfur, a region of Sudan where a genocide is occurring and has led to President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan being charged with war crimes by the International Court at The Hague, a charge that the government in Khartoum categorically denies. Read more
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