Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor challenges UK jail sentence
14/10/2013Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor has asked to serve his 50-year sentence for war crimes in Rwanda, rather than the UK. In a.
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THE WEST’S CONTEMPT FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE AND AFRICAN THOUGHT MUST STOP – Former President Thabo Mbeki
14/10/2013THE WEST’S CONTEMPT FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE AND AFRICAN THOUGHT MUST STOP –Former President Thabo Mbeki Thabo Mbeki, former South African President, says.
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Folorunsho Alakija unseats TV queen, Oprah Winfrey as the richest black woman on earth with $7.3b oil fortune
12/10/2013Move over Oprah, Nigerian oil tycoon Folorunsho Alakija is now the richest black woman in the world with an estimated fortune of.
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Dangote To co-Chair 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos-Kloster, Switzerland
12/10/2013President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has been appointed to co-chair the next year’s annual meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos-Kloster,.
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Tutu warns African leaders not to withdraw from ICC
12/10/2013Tutu warns African leaders not to withdraw from ICC CAPE TOWN, South Africa – South African Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu warned.
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WITH 20 BILLIONAIRES, NIGERIA TOPS AFRICA BILLIONAIRES LIST
08/10/2013There are far more African billionaires than previously thought, Ventures magazine said Monday in a report on the continent’s mega-rich, but the.
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Development Finance Institution Will ‘Ease’ Access To Funds In Nigeria – Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
04/10/2013Nigeria is billed to set up a development finance institution that will make access to funds easy and spur economic growth. Speaking.
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WESTGATE ATTACK: KENYA UNITED IN PRAYER
02/10/2013Those attending included workers from the Nakumatt supermarket, where some of the attackers barricaded themselves. The prayers were hosted by Kenya’s Inter-Religious.
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Africa The ‘Awakening Continent’ – Rama Sithanen, Former Finance Minister Of Mauritius
02/10/2013PORT LOUIS — Africa has become the “awakening continent” after being seen as the “hopeless continent” for many decades, Rama Sithanen, former.
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British Oil Explorer Discovers 4th Oil Reserve In Kenya
28/09/2013British oil explorer, Tullow Oil, has announced a 4thoil discovery in Northern Kenya after disclosing that Ekales-1, a crude-rich reservoir, had a.
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