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Tunisia Making Progress on Return of Frozen Assets
Tunis,May 24 (BNA) - Governor of Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) and head of national commission to recover funds, Chedly Ayari has announced the progress made to recover of SFr60 million ($67 million) of Tunisian funds frozen in Switzerland. Ayari said the recovery of the stolen assets located in Switzerland will help in financing the social projects in the deprived internal areas as well as ...
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Group linked to Algeria gas plant attack claims Niger raids
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-linked group that carried out the raid on the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria in January has claimed to have participated in Thursday's attacks in ...
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Tunisia Radical Islamist Websites Feed Extremism
Tunis - Religious extremists in Tunisia are increasingly turning to the internet to spread their radical message and recruit young people. Social networking websites such as Facebook have become a favourite means for jihadist groups to promote violent ideology among young people. The Islamists have turned the sites into a forum for inciting and sowing hatred in order to recruit the biggest ...
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Nigeria That TIN Report Kanos Budget Discipline
Transparency in Nigeria recently measured the performances of the 36 states of the federation, using a certain yardstick. The outcome was a product of serious and academic scrutiny carried out by some reputable and independent bodies, the organisation noted. Just to tell you that it was not an arranged matter to favour a particular political entity. And the areas that were addressed included ...
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Liberia Urgent Need for Medical Doctors
The Liberian Government has got more problems now perhaps than during the years of violence. The problems are multiple and hugely insurmountable in many respects, and it is glaring that the government does not have answers to all of them. The Unity Party-led government came to power in 2006, three years after the war ended in 2003. Most Liberians had thought that with the election of Madam ...
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Liberia Govt Signs Agreement for Construction of New Caldwell Bridge
The Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Ministry Public Works and the China Henan International Cooperation Group Co. Limited (CHICO)have signed the agreement for the construction of the new Caldwell Bridge. Construction for the new Caldwell Bridge costs the GoL US$8,288,872.91, and the construction period will last for 18 months. Program marking the signing of the contract agreement ...
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Liberia Rep. Breaks Ground for New Bridge in Bong
Bong County Representative Prince Kermue Moye has emphasized the need for Liberians to buttress government's efforts to rebuild the country. Representative Moye of Electoral District #2 noted that if the improvement of the livelihood of Liberians is only left with the government, the development of the country is still a dream. "There are various ways we can assist government to speed ...
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Ethiopia Economy to Expand By 11.3 Percent
Ethiopia's economy is estimated to expand by 11.3 per cent in the 2012/13 budget year. This is according to a 9 month performance reported to the Budget and Finance Affairs Permanent Committee of the Parliament by Sofian Ahmed, Minister of Finance and Economic Development. He explained to the committee that the performance of the economy this year in agriculture, industry, and service ...
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Liberia ICT Will Transform Our Country - Min. Norkeh
Minister Frederick B. Norkeh, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has said that the use of the ICT will transform the country. Minister Norkeh made the remarks on the Occasion Marking the Graduation of 15 IT professionals, who have acquired additional knowledge in System Administration and Network management from 7 different Government institutions. "Not disillusioned by the hurdles ...
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Liberia The Aftermath - Buchanan Without BRE - Residents Moving On After Investment Snafu
It's less than a year since the famous energy renewable company, Buchanan Renewable Energy (BRE) shut down its operations in the country and many of its former workers are now expressing their frustration over the company's closure. Based in Buchanan city with most of its operations in Grand Bassa and Margibi Counties; BRE was credited for providing jobs for over 2,000 people before ...
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Tunisia Femen activist to face pepper spray charge
TUNIS: A young Tunisian women's rights activist, who was arrested at the weekend while protesting against hardline Islamists, has been charged with possessing pepper spray, her lawyer said on Thursday.The 18-year-old, known by the pseudonym Amina Tyler, who sparked controversy in March by posting topless pictures of herself online, has been summoned to appear in court next Thursday, ...
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‘Ghana Meets Naija’ Concert Returns
Bola Ray (middle) in a pose with Edem (left) and WizKid On June 29, Ghanaian music fans would witness the much awaited historic musical concert dubbed 'Ghana Meets Naija', at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) in Accra at 8:00p.m. The music concert, organised by the nation's entertainment powerhouse, Empire Entertainment, would witness an unprecedented list of some ...
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Bishops Nigeria �totters on the brink
Nigeria, the world's seventh most populous nation, "now almost totters on the brink" of disaster, the nation's bishops warned in a statement entitled "To Rescue Nigeria from Collapse." "What started as a mere clash between law enforcement agencies and members of the Islamic sect commonly labeled Boko Haram, has since spiraled into what can, be best described ...
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Tunisia No New Cases of Coronavirus Reported - Minister
Tunis - "No new cases of Coronavirus (nCOV) have been detected in Tunisia except for the case of the patient who had died last May 10, Minister of Health Abdellatif Mekki said on Thursday. The Minister recalled that the man, who had returned from the Gulf, died of acute respiratory failure and that his son and daughter who were also infected by the same virus received necessary treatment ...
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Tunisia Tunisia Begins to Have More Political and Economic Visibility - Minister
Gammarth - Minister of Industry Mehdi Jomaa called on German companies based in Tunisia to show patience to manage the social and security tension, saying the "country is turning the page and starts having more political and economic visibility." "The situation in Tunisia is reassuring," he indicated, saying, however, that "he was not denying a reality but rather ...
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Liberia Woods Exit Strategy Liberias Public Works Minister Throws Resignation Hint
Reports filtering in to FrontPageAfrica indicate that the Minister of Public Works Samuel Kofi Woods has already tendered in his resignation to his employer President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. But what is more glaring and seems to insinuate an exit strategy is Wood's comments made on Thursday at a signing ceremony between the Liberian government and its Chinese counterpart of a memorandum of ...
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Liberia Tension Mounts in Nimba - PYJ Others Go Gutter
Tension is said to be mounting in the northern Liberian County of Nimba, following what amounts to a public confession by the county's Senior Senator Prince Y. Johnson, when he detailed how he influenced election officials in the county to cheat for his NUDP's candidates on a local radio station Wednesday. Appearing on a local radio talk show in Nimba, Johnson named Garrison Yealu, ...
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Liberia Pr China or India - Who Takes Wologisi Mountain
The Government of the People's Republic of China has expressed interest in exploiting the Wologisi Mountain in Lofa County, northwestern Liberia, amidst reports here that an Indian company O.P. Jindal Group has similar interest. Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua, told a news conference Thursday in Monrovia that the Wologisi Mountain is China's interest, but there is yet no formal ...
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Liberia CBL Named Chief Driver
The Federation of Road Transportation Union of Liberia (FRTUL) has named Central Bank Governor Dr. Mill Jones as "Chief Driver" of the Republic of Liberia. Governor Jones was presented an ID card and a symbolic key for his numerous contributions to the improvement of the union. Presenting the honor, FRTUL President General Papa Flomo said Dr. Mill Jones has always stood by the union ...
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Nigeria Governors in Make-or-Break Election Today
A crucial meeting of the Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF) commences this evening in Abuja during which a chairman of the forum is expected to emerge. In this analysis, our reporter writes that the battle line has been drawn between the incumbent chairman, Rotimi Amaechi, who is seeking re-election and President Jonathan's 'preferred' choice. Barring any last minutes change in ...
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Liberia Hailing LACCs Move
Recently, the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission or LACC released the first phase of the Asset Declaration Verification Report of public officials. The Assets Declaration Verification Exercise by the LACC is intended to ascertain the integrity and credibility of public officials. The 2008 Act creating the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, among other things, empowers the Commission to ...
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Liberia Govt Lacks Fiscal Discipline - Finance Minister
Finance Minister Amara Konneh, has conceded that many officials of government are fiscally indiscipline. Minister Konneh said public officials, especially authorities at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare love receiving funds from government, friendly nations and organizations, but always slow in terms of submitting performance report on money received as a result, it becomes difficult ...
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Kerry to Visit Ethiopia for Security Talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Ethiopia for security talks with regional officials and to attend a 50th anniversary celebration for the African ...
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Libya’s General National Council passes Political Isolation Law
Libya is in the midst of a standoff in the capital Tripoli between the shaky government of Western-backed Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and armed militias that fought in the NATO-led war to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi.A recent attack on the French Embassy, and bombings in the port city of Benghazi targeting police stations and a hospital all point to an escalating crisis of the government. Hundreds of ...
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FAO Project Will Track S. Sudan Food Production
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN -- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday launched a $9 million project aimed at helping South Sudan to better track food production, a move that officials hope will allow alerts of possible food shortages to be raised well ahead of time. The three-year project would replace the current system, under which "we don’t really know how ...
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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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