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APA – Lagos (Nigeria) — South Africa’s U-20 football team, the Amajita on Saturday defeated the Flying Eagles of Nigeria 5-3 on penalties to finish third in the ongoing U-20 African Cup of Nations tournam...
APA-Monrovia (Liberia) — Latest report released by the Liberia Office of the UNHCR shows that Ivorians constitute 98 percent of the 9,206 refugees currently living in the country.
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — Ethiopia and Djibouti on Friday signed an agreement to construct a 767km pipeline project linking the two countries.
01-Feb-2019 to 18:10
Sierra Leone engineers appeal for revised Act
APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — The spate of unprofessionalism in the construction sector in Sierra Leone poses a danger to lives and property, the bodies representing professional engineers have warned.
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UNOWAS' Chambas in pre-election mission to Nigeria
APA-Abuja (Nigeria) — The Special Representative of the Secretary – General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, concluded on Thursday 31 January a two-week pre-electoral mission to Nigeria.
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EU offers €20m grant to improve Liberia vocational training
APA-Monrovia (Liberia) — Liberia's Youth and Sports Minister D. Zeogar Wilson has disclosed that the European Union (EU) is providing a grant of €20 million ($22.9 million) to be used for the improvement of Technical Vocation Education Training (TVET) comprising both formal and informal sectors.
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Football: Senegal coach gets contract extension
APA-Dakar (Senegal) By Oumar Dembele — The contract of Senegal’s national football coach Aliou Cisse, has been extended by 30 months, the country’s FA confirmed.
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Chad to disburse fCFA10b for payment of students in Cuba
APA-N’Djamena (Chad) by Adam Hassane Deye — Chad pledged under a memorandum of understanding signed Friday in N'Djamena to pay the arrears of CFA10.2b francs in payments for students being trained in health care in Cuba.
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China, Mauritania to institutionalize an investment day
APA-Nouakchott (Mauritania) by Mohamed Moctar — A day of investment between Mauritanian and Chinese businesspeople was announced Thursday in Nouakchott, after a meeting between the president of the Mauritanian Association of Employers, Mohamed Zein El Abidine Ould Sheikh Ahmed, and the ambassador of China to Mauritania, Zhang Jiango.
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Senegal: Fish catches record slight increase
APA-Dakar (Senegal) by Massamba Sall — Fish catches in Senegal during eleven months of 2018 recorded a slight increase of 9,536 tonnes in absolute terms compared to the same period of 2017, according to data compiled by the Directorate of Maritime Fisheries (DPM).
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