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After the bizarre remarks by Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri that the Covid-19 pandemic, which has cost hundreds of thousands of lives globally, was divine punishment for countries that imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, it seemed the dross emanating from the corridors of power could not get
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‘Our resources have dried up’ - Jamaicans in US finding it harder to send remittances home as pandemic grips country
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Tanzania: Why Tanzania Won't Close Borders
Amid the ongoing global battle against the novel virus, some countries have opted to close borders and enforce lockdown measures to impede the
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The Suez Crisis: Key in the Decolonization of Africa
In 1922 Britain granted Egypt limited independence, ending its protectorate status and creating a sovereign state with Sultan Ahmad Fuad as king. In actuality, however, Egypt only achieved the same rights as British dominion states like Australia, Canada, and South Africa. Egyptian foreign
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Rwanda: How Government Plans to Revive Mining Sector
Mining is one of the sectors that have been affected, with falling prices for different types of mineral commodities across different
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France ratifies law officially ending 75 years of West Africa CFA
“It was during an official visit to Ivory Coast in December 2019 that they (President Macron and French West African leaders) announced a historic reform of monetary cooperation that was to lead to the end of the CFA
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Nigeria: Interview - Cost of Nigeria's Oil Production Unsustainable - Sylva
At my inauguration in August 2019, our ministry was given eight mandate areas - to curb crude oil theft and products smuggling; completion of the gas flares commercialisation programme; increasing crude oil production to three million barrels per day; reducing the cost of crude oil production by
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Kenya: Elite Cart Away Over U.S.$3 Billion of World Bank Aid
Kenya's elite siphoned Sh328 billion of World Bank aid payments to offshore accounts in two decades, a new study
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Kenya: Relief for Motorists as Fuel Prices Drop Further
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EAC tops $2.3b Covid-19 loans in three months
East African countries have borrowed nearly $2.3 billion new loans in less than three months since reporting the first Covid-19 positive case, adding to the region’s mounting debts at a time of shrinking tax
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Radical reforms to boost maize, agricultural sector
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CB pumps $30m into restaurant revival
Seeking to “galvanise” the revival of eateries across Jamaica, chicken wholesaler CB Group yesterday pledged $30 million in marketing and financial support to 2,300 restaurants and
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Budget deadlock - Examination of Estimates halted as legal opinion sought on rule breach claim
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