• AfCFTA: Regional workshops for key stakeholders

    Wednesday, December 4, 2024

    The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) and governments of Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo, organized a series of workshops in the selected countries to promote and assess […]

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  • World’s top arms producers see revenues rise

    Monday, December 2, 2024

    Revenues from sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest companies in the industry reached $632 billion in 2023, a real-terms increase of 4.2 per cent compared with 2022, according to new data released today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Arms revenue increases were seen in all regions, with particularly […]

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  • Africa discusses growth, trade and investment

    Wednesday, November 27, 2024

    Over 250 Sub-Sovereign government leaders from across Africa met in Kisumu, Kenya, for the the fourth edition of the African Sub-Sovereign Governments Network (AfSNET) Conference. Taking place between the 25th and 27th of November, the event provided a platform for Sub-Sovereign leaders and businesses to discuss how their local governments can attract investments in the region in […]

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  • West African summit calls for regional collaboration

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    The 2024 West Africa Deal Summit (WADS) concluded on Wednesday, with a call for more regional collaboration to mobilize catalytic capital to address West Africa’s unique socioeconomic challenges. The two-day event attended by over 400 investors, entrepreneurs, government representatives, and thought leaders, focused on building innovative financing mechanisms.  The summit themed “Actions to Deepen Catalytic […]

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  • Africa: True cost of fake electrical goods trade

    Wednesday, November 20, 2024

    Financial pressures in South Africa and across Africa have led to a surge in demand for cheaper products, creating a lucrative market for counterfeiters. This has even extended to electrical goods which have infiltrated between 40% to 80% of markets on the continent, posing a potentially lethal risk to millions of consumers. At best, they […]

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Aug
24

Police chief warns against use of ‘deadly force’

After hell broke loose Wednesday between Liberian security forces and residents of West Point, a slum community in the capital, Monrovia, that led to five persons getting injured as a result of gun fire, Police Inspector General Chris Massaquoi has warned police officers not to use deadly force in their mission to enforce the quarantine ordered by […]

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Aug
24

UK Liberia ebola task force appeals for donations

In the wake of the Ebola epidemic which has hit the Republic of Liberia, continues to spread leaving hundreds dead in the country, Liberians in the United Kingdom lead by the Union of Liberian Organizations in the UK (ULOUK) and the Liberian Embassy at the Court of St. James in London, have formed the UK/Liberia […]

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Aug
21

Seven survive Ebola in Liberia

Liberia’s Ministry of Health says it has released from a treatment unit seven persons who were previously confirmed positive of the Ebola virus. It also said while there is still no known cure for the deadly Ebola disease, three Liberian doctors who were earlier treated with the unapproved drug ZMapp, are showing signs of improvement. Speaking […]

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Aug
20

MoboFree: Africa’s largest social marketing platform

MoboFree.com, the leading African social marketplace, Monday announced that the total volume of items currently for sale in its marketplace is worth $526 million and is expected to reach $1.5 billion by 2015. With 3.3 million registered users, including 2 million in Nigeria and a strong footprint in Zimbabwe, Uganda and Ghana, MoboFree.com is among the […]

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Aug
19

DR Congo sends doctors to help Liberia battle Ebola

The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced it is sending a five-man professional medical team to Liberia on Wednesday, August 20 to help the fight against the deadly Ebola Disease. The team will include two medical doctors and three para-medical professionals. The decision to send the medical team to aid Liberia in its Ebola fight was […]

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Aug
18

Armed youth gangs terrorize Abidjan

Children and teenagers who were drawn into Ivory Coast’s 2010-2011 post-election conflict are joining armed gangs in the commercial capital Abidjan after being abandoned by politicians and others who exploited them at the time, according to local officials who blame the government for not taking action. Aged 10-20, the youngsters roam Abidjan districts, robbing residents and […]

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Aug
16

UK Ahmadiyyas give £10, 000 to Liberia’s ebola fight

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association in the United Kingdom has donated two checks totaling £10,000.00 to assist the Liberian Government in the fight against the spread of the deadly EBOLA virus in Liberia. The money is intended to purchase essential medical supplies and protective gears for medical practitioners who have dedicated their time and efforts in […]

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Aug
13

Food security alarm for East, Central Africa

Some 20 million people are facing acute food insecurity in eastern and central Africa, with most of them being at “crisis” and “emergency” levels, according to aid agencies. This figure compares unfavorably with 15.8 million people in July 2013. The affected countries include Somalia, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Central Africa Republic (CAR), Sudan, Kenya, the […]

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Aug
12

Two Liberians to be treated with Ebola drug

The Liberian Government has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (US-FDA) to use the experimental serum on two Liberian medical doctors who have contracted the deadly Ebola virus. According to the office of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Doctors Zukunis Ireland and Abraham Borbor, who contracted the disease while attending to patients, including […]

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Aug
12

Denmark: Copenhagen to get its first ‘free’ supermarket

  The first ‘free’ supermarket in Copenhagen is scheduled to open on Nordre Fasanvej in Frederiksberg on Saturday. The concept, known as ‘tryvertising’, has been around for a while. Customers register on a WEBSITE and then go to the shop to pick up whatever products interest them, try them out and then write a review. […]

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