Africa
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Boko Haram split over Islamic State ties — U.S. General warns
Terrorist group, the Boko Haram has fractured internally, with a big group splitting away from shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau over…
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Nestlé’s Creating Shared Value Global Forum 2016 holds in Abidjan; Agro-Hub, a social enterprise from Cameroon wins CSV Prize 2016
Governments, civil society organisations and businesses from Africa and beyond came together Tuesday to discuss a range of topics affecting…
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Lagos govt signs historic Smart City deal with Dubai
Lagos State Government, Tuesday, announced signing a historic partnership deal with the City of Dubai, that will see the state…
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Violence spreads in South Africa over unpopular mayoral candidate by ANC
Protesters burnt buses and set tyres on fire to barricade roads in South Africa’s administrative capital, Pretoria, Tuesday after the…
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AUC-AFRIMA holds 3.0 Stakeholders’/Media conference in Addis Ababa
In its drive to build capacity for knowledge sharing among Africans and effectively communicate the calendar OF AFRIMA 3.0, The…
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Mo Ibrahim prize for ‘outstanding African leadership’ fails to find winner for 2015
Organisers of a $5-million prize for former African leaders which aims to shine a spotlight on democracy and outstanding leadership…
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AFRIMA pays tribute to OJB Jezreel
The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, in partnership with the African Union Commission, AUC, has paid…
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Magna Carta wins African PR Consultancy of the Year
Reputation Management agency, Magna Carta, won the Africa PR Consultancy of the year category at the SABRE Awards in Berlin,…
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Gov. Wike to movie practitioners: Promote Rivers State as Nigeria’s top investors’ destination
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on African movie actors, producers, creative writers and directors to serve as…
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FG signs agreement with Cameroun, UNHCR for return of IDPs
Federal Government has signed a tripartite agreement with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Republic of…
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Legendary boxer, Muhammad Ali, dies at 74
Muhammad Ali, the eloquent, colorful, controversial and brilliant three-time heavyweight boxing champion who was known as much for his social…
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Vice President of Gambia Isatou Njie-Saidy, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) host Stephanie Linus’ ‘DRY’ in Gambia
Stephanie Linus’ award winning movie, DRY, recently made a debut in Gambia with a well-attended screening during the African Youth…
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Agility launches 2nd Annual Modern Africa Photo Competition
Pan-Africa contest seeks to capture fast-changing cities, industry, technology Agility (http://www.Agility.com/africa), a global leader in integrated logistics, has launched its…
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Standard Chartered launches Africa’s most extensive roll out of mobile and online banking
Digital Banking made easier, faster and safer for over 1 million clients across 8 markets Standard Chartered Bank (www.SC.com) is…
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ECOWAS: Parliament urges Nigeria, others to step-up integration process
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has called on member-states including Nigeria to step-up efforts to ensure the…
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Low performance: Shettima gives last chance to 10 girls studying medicine abroad
Though he was impressed with the performance of 70% of them, Governor Kashim Shettima has given what he called final…
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100 Borno girls offered foreign scholarships in female university … 50 to study Medicine
One hundred girls from different parts of Borno State are to be given fresh scholarships to pursue Degree programmes in…
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President Buhari reassures ECOWAS Commission of Nigeria’s full support
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja pledged that Nigeria will continue to meet all its obligations to the ECOWAS Commission.…
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Nestlé announces finalists for 2016 Creating Shared Value (CSV) Prize (Read interview with one of the finalists)
High-quality vanilla from the foot of Kilimanjaro or cassava starch and garri from South West Cameroon? With the opening of…
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Airtel The Voice Nigeria: Let the battles begin!
The blind auditions for The Voice Nigeria came to a thrilling end as the coaches once again campaigned for some…
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President Buhari condoles President Al-Asisi and Egyptians on crash of Flight MS-804
President Muhammadu Buhari has called President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of Egypt to commiserate with him and the people of Egypt…
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EgyptAir retracts statement on crashed aircraft; says debris not from MS804 flight
EgyptAir has retracted the earlier statement it made that the debris found in the Mediterranean Sea is from the missing…
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EgyptAir Flight MS804: French president won’t rule out terrorism; as Egypt insists aircraft remains missing
ANTHONY OMOH French President, François Holland has confirmed that EgyptAir Airbus A320, Flight MS804, en route from Charles de Gaulle…
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Borno awards overseas scholarships to overall best graduating students of UNIMAID
BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI The Borno state government has awarded scholarship to the overall graduating student of the University of…
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