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Africa heavy on Security Council agenda as Côte d’Ivoire takes over December presidency

Tuesday, December 04, 2018

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Germany seeks private funds for climate projects in Africa, elsewhere

Tuesday, December 04, 2018

A man reads a business newspaper. Net photo.

Global private equity managers ready to double their African investments

Tuesday, December 04, 2018

The average life expectancy for men in sub-Saharan Africa is 62 years while for women, itu2019s 66 years. Net photo.

Lifestyle diseases threaten lifespan in Africa

Saturday, December 01, 2018

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UN audit finds graft and misconduct in its Uganda refugee programme

Saturday, December 01, 2018

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UNICEF: 80 adolescents likely to die daily of AIDS by 2030

Saturday, December 01, 2018

Workers in a phone manufacturing plant in Egypt. Battle for Africau2019s handset market is gathering pace. Net.

Race to dominate Africa’s mobile hardware market gathers pace

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

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Visas still an impediment to travel across Africa: report

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

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Zimbabwe to engage local firms to save scarce foreign currency

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Peter de Clercq, UN secretary-generalu2019s deputy special representative for Somalia. Net Photo

UN urges Somalis to step up efforts to end gender-based violence

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Debris following the Patel Dam collapse in May 2018. The Dutch Red Cross and Airbus have before-and-after satellite images of the Patel Dam in Kenya, which burst and destroyed everything in its path. Net photo.

Is aerospace the new frontier for Africa’s societal transformation?

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Thereu2019s evidence giving cash to the poor is more transformative. File.

There’s new evidence giving cash to the poor is more transformative than we thought

Friday, November 23, 2018

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Nigerian bank launches Africa-China banking centre in Lagos

Friday, November 23, 2018

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Botswana president highlights private sector’s role in economic growth

Saturday, November 17, 2018

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has passed a string of reforms since coming to power in April. / Internet photo

Ethiopia arrests former deputy spy chief Yared Zerihun

Friday, November 16, 2018

Unlawful detention facility.

Ethiopia arrests 63 suspected of rights abuses, corruption

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

An M-Pesa agency in Nairobi. Net photo

Africa’s dominant mobile money service is going global

Monday, November 12, 2018

Rescue workers carry an unidentified man injured from the scene of an explosion in Mogadishu, on Friday. Net photo.

Death toll from Somalia hotel attack rises to 39

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Kalisimbi Volcano in Rwanda is one of East African volcanoes. Sam Ngendahimana.

East Africa’s volcanoes are a major hazard but also a huge renewable energy source

Friday, November 09, 2018

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Ethiopian PM says military reform to embrace cyber security, space force

Thursday, November 08, 2018