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Tunisia commits to subsidy reform
Tunisia intends to recapitalise its banks and carry on with subsidy and tax reform to strengthen its economy, the government has told the IMF. It follows the country securing US$1.74 billion in a loan over two years from the Washington-based institution this month. "The authorities are courageously addressing the twin challenges of successfully completing the political transition and ...
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UPDATE 1-Gunvor signs $500 mln deal to create Gabon fuel hub
Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:02pm EDT * African fuels market one of world's fastest growing * Gunvor seeks to support trading ops with new assets (Recasts, adds detail and context throughout) By Jean-Rovys Dabany and Emma Farge LIBREVILLE/GENEVA, June 18 (Reuters) - Switzerland's Gunvor has signed a deal with Gabon to create a joint venture to sell refined oil products along the western coast ...
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Ala. Rep. Chad Fincher running for US House
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Republican state Rep. Chad Fincher of Semmes has joined the crowded field to replace U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner in Alabama's 1st District congressional race. The two-term legislator kicked off his campaign Monday. The 39-year-old Fincher owns a real estate agency. He says he decided to run in part because of his struggles and frustrations as a small-business owner. Fincher ...
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Nigeria plans roadshow ahead of $1 bln Eurobond timetable shows
LAGOS, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:52am EDT LAGOS, June 18 (Reuters) - Nigeria is planning a one-week roadshow to Britain, Germany and the United States from June 19 with the book-runners for its $1 billion Eurobond, with a view to issuing it this year, a timetable for the trip showed on Tuesday. The timetable, forwarded to Reuters in an email by a banking source close to the deal, ...
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Nigeria drops charges against some Russian arms suspects
Russian sailors suspected of trafficking arms, their lawyer said, but another seven will face trial. The 15 Russian sailors were charged with illegally bringing weapons ...
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Ethiopia admits fielding ineligible player
Ethiopia soccer officials admitted they fielded an ineligible player in a World Cup qualifier against Botswana by mistake.(Photo by AFP PHOTO/SIMON MAINA/Gallo ...
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At least 9000 flee northern Nigeria violence
Nigerian refugee women and children in Gance in northern Cameroon on May 25. At least 9,000 people have fled violence in northern Nigeria and crossed into neighbouring countries as a government offensive aims to end a four-year Islamist insurgency, the UN said on ...
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Football Ethiopia Togo fielded suspended stars
Morocco's Adrien Regattin vies with Togo's Alaixys Romao (right) during a freindly match in Casablanca on November 14, 2012. Ethiopia and Togo fielded suspended stars in 2014 World Cup qualifiers during June, according to FIFA match records of the ...
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Mali and Tuareg rebels controlling northern city to sign accord
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - The nation of Mali, which lost half its territory last year to rebels, has agreed to sign an accord with Tuareg separatists who still control the country's northernmost province, officials said Tuesday. The agreement is to be signed Tuesday afternoon in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, where the two sides have been holding talks, according to a ...
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Lawyer for Gadhafi son urges ICC to reject Tripolis attempt to keep him in Libya
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A lawyer for a son of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi accused Libyan authorities on Tuesday of showing a "blatant disregard" for the International Criminal Court by announcing they will put Seif al-Islam Gadhafi on trial in August. In an urgent filing to the Hague-based court, British lawyer John Jones asked appeals judges to reject Libya's request to ...
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Egypt Ethiopia agree to start political technical consultations over massive Nile dam
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Egypt and Ethiopia have agreed to start consultations aimed at resolving their conflict over Ethiopia's huge dam on the Blue Nile River, their foreign ministers said Tuesday. The ministers said in a joint statement that they had "agreed to embark on consultations at the technical and political levels" and that such talks would be in "a spirit of ...
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Islamic militants drive 19000 rice farmers off land in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Islamic militants have driven 19,000 rice farmers from their land in northeast Nigeria while a military crackdown is preventing thousands more from working their fields, raising fears of imminent food shortages, officials warned Tuesday. Food shortages would add immeasurably to the misery in northeast Nigeria. The area abandoned by farmers is a fertile one in the semi-arid ...
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Ethiopia Face Points Deduction After Admitting Error
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Liberia No Evidence to Prosecute 19 Grand Gedians - Say Defense Lawyers
The lawyers representing 19 Grand Gedians currently under trial for different crimes ranging from rape, murder, mercenarism, theft of property and arson, has filed a motion before Criminal Court "D" at the Temple of Justice to dismiss the trial against their clients. The Temple of Justice is situated on Capitol Hill, Monrovia. It can be recalled that sometimes ago, the Government of ...
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Ghana Lower Gold Prices Affect Mining Firms Operations
The dip in international gold prices in the first quarter of 2013, combined with the high cost of operations, is leading companies to review their work plans and cut operating costs. Mr. Daniel Owiredu, President of Ghana Chamber of Mines, who made this known in Accra during the Annual General Meeting of the Chamber, said the situation had led to the review of projects meant to be expanded. He ...
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Libraries in Exile fights to save priceless manuscripts in Mali
The coalition of librarians, archivists, and historians is using the crowdfunding site IndieGoGo to try to raise money to save the historic ...
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Boko Haram drives 19 000 farmers from land in Nigeria
The rebel group has driven 19 000 rice farmers from their land, while a military crackdown is preventing thousands more from working their ...
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Ethiopia Admit Fielding Ineligible Player in World Cup Qualifier
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Tunisia Teams Begin Competition Wednesday
Mersin - Tunisia's national U-19 football team will enter the Mediterranean Games "Mersin 2013" Football Tournament qualifiers on Wednesday as they face Italy at 7:45 p.m. The Tunisian team, who have been there since Sunday, will play in Group B alongside Italy, Macedonia and Libya. Group A is made up of Morocco, Turkey, Bosnia and Albania. In basketball, the national team will ...
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Tunisia Tunisia Takes Part in Expo Riva Schuh for First Time
Tunis - Tunisia is taking part, for the first time, with a 50-square-meter stand, in the Expo Riva Schuh Fair held from June 15 to 18 in Riva del Garda, North of Italy. Four Tunisian companies, conducted by the Export Promotion Centre (CEPEX) through its commercial office in Italy, exhibited a variety of products ranging from children's shoes to men and women's walking shoes as well ...
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South Sudan Lack of Access Rains Hinder Aid to Jonglei IDPs
Juba - Tens of thousands of people have been cut off from water, food and medical care in South Sudan's Jonglei State, after fleeing violence between rebels and the government in Pibor County. They now face escalated risks as the rainy season starts, but aid agencies say the government has denied humanitarian access to these populations. According to the NGO Medecins Sans Frontières ...
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Ghana Ridge Hospital to Be Modernised
The Minister for Health, Ms. Sherry Ayittey, has expressed delight at the proposed reconstruction of the Ridge Hospital into a modern Greater Accra Regional Hospital. The project is being financed by the Exim Bank of the United States of America, at a cost of US$220 million. The project, which has already begun, is expected to be completed in 2016, and would be equipped with a solar power ...
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Ghana Booming Hospitality Industry Boosts Economic Growth
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, and Creative Arts, Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare, says the continued development of the hospitality industry was boosting the overall economic growth of the country. According to her, players in the hospitality industry employ various segments of the Ghanaian economy, as well as contribute greatly to the socio-economic development of the West African country. ...
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Ethiopia Egypt Agree to More Talks on Nile Dam
Last week, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said he did not want war, but would keep "all options" open concerning his country's reaction to the dam project, which Egypt fears will drastically reduce its water supply. Ethiopian officials responded, saying they would not halt construction of the nearly $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Egyptian Foreign Minister ...
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For Libya to end the violence it needs to shut down the militias
Protesters block the road and set off fireworks, after they burned two vehicles belonging to the Libyan Army's First Infantry Brigade in Benghazi June 14, 2013. The protesters said they had burnt the vehicles, both of which belonged to the Libyan Army's First Infantry Brigade, as they accused the brigade of being responsible for clashes that broke out at the headquarters of the Libya ...
Sudan Spotlight
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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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