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APA – Lagos (Nigeria) — Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai has warned that any persons, who seek to undermine the nation’s democracy by interfering in the electoral process “must be seen...
APA-Cotonou (Benin) By Ulvaeus Balogoun — The Prefect of the Department of Littoral in Benin, Modeste Toboula and the minister of Decentralization, Barnabe Dassigli have been sacked by President Patrice Talon.
APA-Dakar (Senegal) By Oumou Khary Fall — A total of 5002 foreign and national poll observers in 41 missions are accredited for the 24 February 2019 presidential election in Senegal, Bernard Casimir Demba Cisse, Director o...
01-Apr-2015 to 18:08
Ethiopia: Sudanese govt pulls out of talks with opposition
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — The Sudanese government has side-stepped anticipated talks with opposition political parties in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to the disappointment of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP).
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Ethiopia: COMESA member states urged to consolidate free trade area
APA Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has urged its member states to continue consolidating free trade area across the region, reports said on Tuesday.
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COMESA business community urges law against illicit trade
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — Regional Business Community under the umbrella of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have called on member states to develop a regional anti-illicit trade law that provides a uniform, effective, consistent and business friendly legal framework.
Read more30-Mar-2015 to 19:19
Industrialization key to Africa - AfDB
APA-Addis Ababa-(Ethiopia) — Industrialization is a necessity for Africa’s transformation and intra-regional trade is stronger with value-added products, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said in a statement on Monday.
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Ethiopia: AU boss reiterates Agenda 2063 priorities for Africa
APA- Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — The chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has reiterated that the first priority of the AU’s Agenda 2063 would be investments on human capital for Africa which she said include education, health, water, sanitation and nutrition.
Read more30-Mar-2015 to 13:03
ECA calls for diversified economies in Africa to ensure transformation
APA- Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — Africa needs diversified economies otherwise it will remain prone to exogenous shocks and trapped in paradox of high growth rates, coexisting with high levels of unemployment and extreme poverty, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
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‘Africa won’t develop with foreign capital’ - Kagame
APA-Addis-Ababa (Ethiopia) – — The Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday in Addis-Ababa appealed for the mobilization of Africa's financial resources to ensure its development, stressing that the continent cannot be developed with foreign funds.
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