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West Africa's regional bloc wants to know who's responsible for attack on Mali's president

Tue, 22 May 2012 05:41:08 -0700
West Africa's regional bloc says it will investigate who is responsible for allowing Monday's attack on Mali's president to happen.
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Africa: It's Time the Continent Reverts to Its Founding Principles

Fri, 25 May 2012 06:11:27 -0700
[The Herald] Marcus Garvey, one of the leaders of black nationalism and pan-Africanism said, "History is the landmark by which we are directed into the true course of life", and that "The history of a movement, the history of a nation, the history of a race is the guidepost of that movement's destiny, that nation's destiny, that race's destiny". We reflect on these words of wisdom as we ...
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Africa: China Keen to Reverse Negative Image in Region

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:59:47 -0700
[IPS] Cape Town - The reality of Indian and Chinese investment in Africa is much more complex than the good cop, bad cop image of Asia's two emerging economic giants.
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Africa's growing pains are evident

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:14:52 -0700
Setbacks for democracy in Africa co-exist with signs that signal welcomed progress, writes Liesl Louw-Vaudran.
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Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa

Mon, 14 May 2012 06:49:56 -0700
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to record strong economic growth, despite the weaker global economic environment.
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Research on Synovus Financial Corp. and BB&T Corporation - Mid-Atlantic Banks Improving

Thu, 24 May 2012 05:15:00 -0700
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA-- - www.stockcall.com/ offers investors comprehensive research on the Regional - Mid-Atlantic Banks industry and has completed analytical research on Synovus Financial Corp. ...
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Officials: West Africa regional bloc will send at least 3,000 troops to Mali to retrain army

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:10:52 -0700
An official in Ivory Coast says West Africa's regional bloc will be sending at least 3,000 troops to Mali following last month's coup.
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EAST AFRICA: Regional HIV Bill passed without criminalization clause

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:00:02 -0700
East Africa's Legislative Assembly has passed a regional HIV/AIDS Bill that seeks to protect the rights of people living with HIV and harmonize regional legislation and policy on the prevention and treatment of HIV.
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World Bank Approves US$120 Million To Boost Food Production In West Africa

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:52:09 -0700
ACCRA, May 25 (BERNAMA-NNN-GNA) -- The World Bank has approved US$120 million financing for the second phase of the West African Agricultural Productivity Programme aimed at improving food production by spreading new agricultural technologies in Ghana and Senegal.
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W.Africa nations to send troops to Bissau in days

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:25:02 -0700
ABUJA (Reuters) - West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS will start deploying troops to Guinea-Bissau by Friday to oversee a reform of the local army and a transition back to civilian rule after an April 12 military coup, Nigeria's defence minister said on Monday. "We will deploy before the 18th of this month," Mohammed Bello Haliru told reporters on the margins of a meeting of the 15-state bloc's ...
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