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Mali: Rice harvest increases 13%

December 18, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Mali, West Africa’s second largest rice producer after Nigeria, has produced 2,451,321 tonnes of rice in 2015, up 13 percent from last season, government statistics […]

MTN secures Ivory-Cost licence after Ghana

December 17, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

Mobile network operator MTN has deposited an instalment payment to Côte d’Ivoire’s government on Wednesday in order to renew its licence, which expires in April […]

Angola & China state-run oil companies agree 10-year oil deal

December 17, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

China’s state-owned oil company, Sinochem Group said on Wednesday it had signed a deal with Angolan state-owned producer Sonangol to buy crude oil for more […]

Malawi: UNICEF fears hunger, mass screening for malnutrition ongoing

December 16, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) today said it is carrying out a mass screening for malnutrition in children under five across Malawi, a country […]

US advices citizens to leave chaotic Burundi

December 14, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

U.S has asked its citizens to leave Burundi following the deaths of 87 people killed during violent clashes last weekend. The travel warning issued on […]

Greece parliament to recognize Palestine

December 11, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

The Greek parliament would recognize Palestine as a state during its December 22 session and the president of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas is expected […]

Gabon: Record seizure of Ivory

December 10, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Police in Gabon arrested two ivory traffickers in the capital Libreville with 206 kilograms of ivory taken from 21 slaughtered elephants, a wildlife protection group […]

CAR: Court bars ex-president from polls, capital city under fire

December 9, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

Gunfire erupted on Tuesday in the Central African Republic’s capital Bangui, after the exiled former president Francois Bozize, who is wanted for helping foment deadly […]