ICC cases against the Kenyan president and vice president - The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) has constituted two separate panels to serve as judges in cases against the Kenyan president and vice president.
Global economic growth still sluggish - A UN report, released on Thursday, said global economic growth would continue to be “below potential” this year, noting that, 'job creation will be vital to spur recovery'.
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Health project in Indian Ocean region - The Indian Ocean Commission and the French Development Agency (FDA) on Thursday signed an agreement, worth 80 million euros aimed at reinforcing health security in the region during the 2013-2017 period, PANA reported here.
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Trade finance line of credit for UT Bank Ghana - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$ 20 million Trade Finance Line of Credit for UT Bank Ghana (UT Bank) to support the trade finance activities of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and local corporates in Ghana, it was announced Thursday.
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Ogidi, Nigeria - Nigeria's literary giant Chinua Achebe, who died at the age of 82 on 21 March, 2013, was buried with pomp and pageantry in his hometown of Ogidi in Nigeria's South-eastern Anambra state on Thursday, the culmination of a five-day funeral rites that started on Sunday.
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“What kind of Africa are we creating?”, a prominent Kenyan scholar and international consultant raised the question this week at an exclusive discussion about the continent’s governance and related economic, social and political issues.
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Budget for African Union Commission (AUC) - The African Union Commission (AUC) is set to hit the ground running come January 2014 after the Executive Council approved a budget of US$308 million for the organisation’s annual activities, the Commission’s Deputy Chairperson, Erastus Mwencha, said here Thursday.
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Investment in agriculture is one of the most effective ways to reduce poverty in Africa, according to participants at a high-level panel discussion held here Thursday by officials of the African Union Commission, ONE and ActionAid.
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Member-states’ financial contributions - A proposal to scale down the financial contributions of some member-states of the African Union (AU), especially the island nations, is now before the sub-committee on members' financial contributions, ahead of the 21st AU summit beginning Saturday in Addis Ababa.
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Tripoli TV station burnt - La Jeunesse, a television station in central Tripoli, the Libyan capital, was razed by angry demonstrators who were protesting the death of a citizen during a manhunt for a drug dealer mounted by a local vigilante group in the neighborhood of 'Karkach'.
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Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire hit first wins - Below are the first-day results, Wednesday, of the African qualifiers for the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which kicked off in Morocco.
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Thursday’s forex rates for Central African CFA - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the CFA in central African States:
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Press freedom South Sudan - The New York-based global press freedom watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), on Thursday said it had written to South Sudan President, Salva Kiirr, to express concern over 'the deteriorating state of press freedom' in his country.
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Security ties Mauritania-Senegal - Mauritania and Senegal have agreed to implement mechanisms aimed at tackling new cross-border security threats, according to an official statement released here late Wednesday.
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Security Niger - Two suicide bomb attacks were carried out early Thursday in Agadez and Arlit, a mining town located more than 1000km north of Niamey, Niger's capital, eyewitnesses told PANA by phone.
The Gambia’s economic performance - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday completed the first review of The Gambia’s economic performance under a programme supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement.
President Mahama leaves for AU Golden Jubilee summit - Ghana's President John Mahama left Accra on Thursday for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to take part in activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU).
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Secure and accessible payment infrastructure - Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has assured of the readiness of the apex bank to provide a secure and accessible payment infrastructure.
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Soldiers 'arrested' for aiding Boko Haram Nigeria - Nigeria's Army Chief, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, said some Nigerian Army soldiers have been arrested for allegedly conspiring with the militant Islamic sect Boko Haram.
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Zimbabwean Constitution - South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday saluted President Robert Mugabe for signing into law Zimbabwe’s new Constitution.
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