UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA): Rwandan General appointed Mali Mission's Force Commander - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday announced the appointment of Major-General Jean Bosco Kazura of Rwanda as Force Commander for the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

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Kigali, Rwanda - The former coach of Rwanda's football team, the 'Amavubi' (The Wasps) in 2007, Croatian Josip Kuze, has died after chronic leukaemia in Croatia, sports sources told PANA in Kigali.

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New York, US - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said countries must work collectively to build resilience and prepare themselves against drought and its adverse effects on communities.

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Information communication technologies (ICTs) to unlock tourism market. Zambia and Zimbabwe will this August for the first time jointly co-host the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) 20th Session of the General Assembly as everything seems set for the big event.

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Providing gas as alternative automobile fuel: Dangote begins conversion of vehicles from diesel to gas - A major leap in the ongoing efforts at providing gas as alternative automobile fuel has been taken, as Sagas Energy Company Limited, the pivot of the new technology in Africa, began the conversion of heavy-duty trucks for use of gas as fuel.

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Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to tackle environmental degradation - Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has tasked its staff to imbibe the consciousness and spirit of preservation and friendliness toward the environment as part of measure to prevent the environment from total degradation.

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Housing - FG secures N935 billion loan from China - Determined to ameliorate the nation's housing deficit, the Federal Government said it had commenced discussion with China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation, SINOSURE, and International Commercial Bank of China, ICBC, to source for a loan of N936 billion, to fund housing development in Nigeria.

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National Bureau of Statistics - Nigeria's inflation rate stood at 9.0 per cent in May against the 9.1 per cent recorded in April, Dr Yemi Kale, Statistician-General of the Federation has said.

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Investment - Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) resurgence plans by the Oman Investment consortium have reached a dead end as the investor never returned after meeting the officials of the national carrier last January.

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International - Head of Division for Southern Africa in the Namibia will receive reduced funds from the European Union (EU) Development Cooperation with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries for the period 2014 to 2020, an EU official said.

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Petroleum trucking mechanism - The Petroleum Equalisation Fund (Management) Board has raised the alarm on activities of corrupt oil marketers who are hell-bent at subverting the smooth implementation of its ongoing real-time electronic loading scheme.

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Oil industry - Ejiofor Alike writes that unlike the period a year ago when Nigeria's oil industry was booming with activities and landmark developments, the debate over the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and oil theft stagnated activities during the first half of 2013

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Training of local astronauts for space travel - Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the federal government is to start the training of local astronauts for space travel by 2015.

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Insurance - The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has said that about 76.8 per cent of rural dwellers in Nigeria do not patronise financial institutions, especially commercial and micro-finance banks in the country.

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The Central Bank of Nigeria sells dollars to banks - The naira snapped four days of declines and gained the most in 18 months as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold dollars to banks and as inflation slowed to 9 per cent in May.

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Efforts by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and other stakeholders to reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the territory are yielding results as the disease prevalence has dropped by 10 per cent in the last two years.

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Economy - The bourse experienced a slump last week as investors anticipated the outcome of the national budget. The total turnover at the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) fell by 76% from the previous week recording a turnover of Ush2777.7m ($107,000).

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Evaluating achievements in education and health sectors - Education and health are two of the focal points of the Transformation Agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan's administration. This, perhaps, tends to explain the magnitude of the significance which Nigerians attached to the recent public presentations of the Ministers of Health and Education in Abuja.

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Economy - Weekly activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened on Monday on a bearish note as the market indicators recorded further losses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the All-Share Index declined further by 164.82 points or 0.44 per cent to close at 37,085.11 against the 37,249.93 achieved on Friday.

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Telecommunications industry: NCC puts inactive telecoms lines at 44.6 million. The inactive telephone lines in telecommunications industry stood at 44,647,096 in the first quarter of the year.

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