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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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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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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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World Bank Approves US$120 Million To Boost Food Production In West Africa

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:54:10 -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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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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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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Africa: Food Security and Human Development

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:56:58 -0700
[AfricaFocus] "This [Africa Human Development] Report argues that subSaharan Africa can extricate itself from pervasive food insecurity by acting on four critical drivers of change: greater agricultural productivity of smallholder farmers; more effective nutrition policies, especially for children; greater community and household resilience to cope with shocks; and wider popular participation ...
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Eutelsat at Satcom Africa: new Resources and Services to Boost Broadcast and data Markets Across Africa

Mon, 21 May 2012 03:31:00 -0700
JOHANNESBURG, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --21-24 May 2012, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, Stand 26Closing the infrastructure gap in Africa: innovative satellite solutions for affordable ...
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Africa: African Land Forces Summit Closes in Kampala

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:56:35 -0700
[U.S. Africa Command] Kampala - The second biennial African Land Forces Summit came to a close May 18, 2012, in a ceremony in Uganda's capital of Kampala.
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