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Nigeria’s success story with the Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) in the Agricultural Sector has been lauded by agricultural experts from…
The Federal government has declared that the Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YouWin) initiative of the present administration has…
Air strikes on Boko Haram camps in northeast Nigeria have killed “many” insurgents, the military said Thursday of latest operation aimed at crushing the four-year Islamist uprising. The bombardment last Sunday targeted the notorious Sambisa Forest area…
The Nigerian Government has directed the Vice Chancellors of federal universities under siege by the current strike action of the…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo has called for increased synergy between the Nigerian and Brazilian business community to engender…
An explosion killed at least 10 people and wounded 15 at a weapons depot in southern Libya Thursday that may have been linked to common theft, an official said. General Mohamed al-Dhabi told AFP: “A group of unknown people tried to attack the depot,…
The European Commission on Thursday suspended imports of citrus fruits from South Africa — which accounts for about a third the EU’s total — on concerns ‘black spot’ disease could infect local crops. Citrus black spot is a fungal disease which lives…
Four soldiers were killed on Thursday in and around Libya’s violence-wracked eastern city of Benghazi, the cradle of the revolution that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011. And in the south, an explosion killed at least 10 people and wounded many…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 27 November 2013, the African Union-United Nations Mission…
TOKYO, Japan, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. On October 14, the United Nations Trust Fund for Human…
Kenya launched construction of a Chinese-funded 13.8 billion dollar (10-billion euro) flagship railway project on Thursday, hoping to dramatically increase trade and boost Kenya’s position as a regional economic powerhouse. The key transport link, to…
NAIROBI, Kenya, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat wishes to invite journalists…
Tuareg demonstrators on Thursday occupied an airport runway to prevent Mali’s Prime Minister Oumar Tatam Ly visiting the rebel-controlled northeastern town of Kidal, officials said. Protesters said Malian soldiers shot and wounded three of the demonstrators…
Fifty Tunisian policeman were injured in clashes with protesters in the marginalised town of Siliana where a general strike degenerated into violence, the interior ministry said on Thursday. The violence broke out on Wednesday as the town observed a…
TUNIS, Tunisia, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — With African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) support, six African nations –…
DUBLIN, Ireland, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — His Excellency, the Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda presented its…
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Four in five refugees in the camps at Dadaab do not…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador…
In order to address the dwindling manpower and professionals in the water and related sectors in Africa, experts and professionals…