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Nigeria: Local Content Bill Vital to Preserving Nigeria's Socioeconomic Independence - Hon Idagbo
Hon Idagbo giving the background of the Nigerian Local Content Development and Enforcement Bill (the Bill) which is sponsored by Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, himself (Idagbo) and seven other members of the House of Representatives explained why the nation at this trying time needs this Bill passed into
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Rwanda: Genocide Architect Félicien Kabuga Arrested in France
Félicien Kabuga, one of the leading architects of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda has been arrested, the International Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) said on Saturday, May
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Sahel armies accused of human rights violations
Soldiers from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger engaged in the fight against jihadists in the central Sahel have been accused of increasingly abusing local
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Despite dispute, Ethiopia to fill dam from July
Ethiopia says it will start filling the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in July, after Sudan rejected a request for a partial agreement without
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Africa: Cybercrime and COVID-19 – A Concern for Financial Stability During the Pandemic
Cybercrime has long posed a significant risk for financial stability in African countries given limited capacity and attention to managing cyber
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Africa: Ads 2020 - Africa's Free Trade Area and Integration Will Help Silence the Guns, Say Uneca Chief Vera Songwe and Other Experts
Leading Experts On Africa's Development Have Said That the Speed and Scope of the Continent's Post-COVID-19 Recovery Will Depend On the Effective Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade
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Africa: Bill to Protect African Heritage Sites in Sight
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Kenya: Wetangula Accused of Intimidating NEC Officials in Battle to Retain Ford-Kenya
Nairobi — The woes in FORD Kenya party continued to escalate on Friday after the faction that staged Moses Wetangula's ouster as the Party Leader re-filed the contested leadership changes at the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties in Nairobi on
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West Africa: Amnesty Accuses West African Forces of Human Rights Abuses in Sahel Region
Security forces in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have been accused of unlawfully killing or causing the disappearance of around 200
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How Felicien Kabuga exploited State impunity
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Somalia: New Report Accuses Envoy of Running Down Amisom
The head of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) is fighting off allegations of corruption, mismanagement, harassment and political
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Rwanda: We'll Get You All - UN Prosecutor Tells Genocide Suspects Still At Large
Serge Brammertz, Chief Prosecutor of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (RMICT), has told The New Times that his team of investigators has good leads and continues to tirelessly hunt for seven other Rwandan Genocide fugitives indicted by the UN court years ago
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Africa: Minister Blade Nzimande Calls for African Solutions to COVID-19 During Africa Day
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Rwanda: Uganda-Rwanda Border Talks End in Stalemate
The virtual meeting of the ad hoc commission for the normalisation of relations between Uganda and Rwanda ended on Thursday evening without a position, especially on the opening of the Gatuna border
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Somalia: Covid19 Slowing Fight Against Terrorism-Amisom
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Libya: There's No Shortage of Players in Libya's Conflict, But Few Champions for Peace
Just in recent weeks, fighters allied to Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord have made significant gains against their rivals in the Libyan National Army, led by self-proclaimed Field Marshal Khalifa
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Zimbabwe: Albinism Community Calls for Government Subsidised Sunscreen Lotions
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Rwanda: Major Step Toward Justice for Genocide
Paris — The arrest of Félicien Kabuga, one of the alleged masterminds behind the Rwandan genocide, in France on May 16, 2020 brings victims and survivors one step closer to justice 26 years
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Somalia: Govt Starts Aerial Spraying to Stop Desert Locust Invasion
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Human trafficking victims destined for Trinidad & Tobago rescued
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