Africa
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Buhari off to Malta, Thursday, for CHOGM
President Mohammadu Buhari, will leave the country, Thursday, for Malta to participate in the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting…
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Amnesty Int’l decries crackdown on opponents of Kabila’s 3rd term bid
Activists and political leaders who speak out against attempts by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila to stand…
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Starwood Hotels, UNICEF celebrate 20 yrs of ‘Check Out for Children’ partnership
Starwood Hotels & Resorts and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Wednesday, celebrated the Check Out for Children initiative, a…
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World Bank announces $16bn plan for Africa to help deal with climate change
The World Bank Group has unveiled a new plan that calls for $16 billion in funding to help African people…
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Oil falls as spotlight returns to global glut
Crude oil futures fell, Wednesday, as investor focus shifted back to a deep global supply glut and away from the…
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Pope Francis kicks-off 3 African nations’ tour, Wednesday
Pope Francis said on Wednesday he wanted to offer “spiritual and material” support on his first tour of Africa, where…
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Global health experts indict WHO of ‘egregious failure’ on Ebola
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa’s Ebola outbreak was an “egregious…
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Buhari to GECF members: Sustain pricing mechanism of gas in int’l market
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, in Tehran, Iran called on the leadership of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) to sustain…
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Mali identifies terrorists in hotel attack
Mali state television showed images on Monday of two dead men that it said were the “authors” of an attack…
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The Future Awards Africa 2015, Comic Republic unveils Olamide, Yemi Alade, Trevor Noah, others as heroes
Following, Sunday’s announcement of nominees for The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) 2015 in a continent-wide broadcast on EbonyLife TV and…
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(Conference Report) Nigerian Thoracic Society and the challenges of household air pollution
By Dennis Udoma, Uyo The recently concluded Annual General and Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Thoracic Society (NTS), in Uyo,…
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I was not held hostage in Mali hotel – Dangote; as terror attack ends with 27 confirmed dead
Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has quelled rumours claiming he was one of…
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Commandos storm Bamako hotel attacked by Islamists, dozens freed; ‘attackers spoke with Nigerian accent’ — Witnesses
Malian commandos stormed a luxury hotel in Bamako, Friday after Islamist gunmen took 170 people including many foreigners hostage in…
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10 Nigerians make Forbes Africa’s 50 Rich List; as Dangote remains continent’s wealthiest
President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, retained his spot as the richest African for the fifth year in a…
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(Interview) There is no alcohol control policy in Nigeria – Professor Obot
Drug abuse has become a major problem in Nigeria and is increasingly attracting the attention of the academia, civil society…
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Merck opens first office in Nigeria; donates 71m tablets of praziquantel to WHO in Nigeria for schistosomiasis treament
Merck, a leading science and technology company, Wednesday, announced the opening of its new office in Nigeria by Stefan Oschmann, CEO-elect…
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2018 World Cup: Africa’s big guns reach continent’s group stage of qualifiers
Seven-goal Algeria led the way on Tuesday as 18 of the top-20 ranked African national teams reached the group stage…
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World Cup 2018: Nigeria, Ghana, Algeria eager to avoid upsets
Egypt head a number of African heavyweights with plenty to do to advance from the second round of qualifying for…
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Widen fight against Boko Haram to include climate change, migration — U.N charges Nigeria, 3 others
The United Nations has told Nigeria, as well the three other countries battling the Boko Haram insurgency, Cameroon, Niger, Chad…
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Antibiotics overuse increases resistance as common ailments become killers – WHO
Antibiotic resistance, which can turn common ailments into killers, has reached dangerous levels worldwide, the World Health Organization warned Monday,…
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NCC extends deadline to MTN for $5.2bn fine payment
Telecommunications firm, MTN, has disclosed that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has agreed to extend the deadline given to it…
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Beyond terrorism: Education and sustainable development
Being remarks by Atiku Abubakar, GCON, former Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria and Founder, American University of Nigeria, Yola,…
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Chad helps Nigeria with victory over Egypt; more World Cup qualifiers’ results
Chad shocked Egypt 1-0 and Algeria came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Tanzania, Saturday in African 2018…
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Mandela’s widow, Graca Machel meets parents of kidnapped Chibok girls in Lagos
Nelson Mandela’s widow, Graca Machel is meeting some of the parents of the 219 girls abducted by Islamist Boko Haram…
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EU launches $2 billion emergency fund for Africa to combat migration; Money ‘not enough’ – African presidents
Leaders of the European Union (EU) formally launched an emergency trust fund for Africa, Thursday, with an initial $2 billion…
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