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Kenya
Business: Miracle bio-fuel crop set for big comeback across Africa
Kenya is among countries to benefit from a five-year regional project to scale up production of jatropha trees in commercial quantities.
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Kenya
Business: Sanlam Kenya issues profit warning for third straight year
Sanlam Kenya has issued a profit warning for the third year in a row as the investment environment got bleaker for the financial provider.
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Kenya
Business: Taxman intercepts Sh1 million fake currency at JKIA
The Kenya Revenue Authority has launched an investigation after more than Sh1 million in fake currency was seized at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport over the festive season.
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Kenya
Kenya: Fierce fire guts business block
Property worth millions of shillings was reduced to ashes after a fierce fire burnt down a business block in Litein town in Bureti Constituency.
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Turchia
Turkey and the Syrian refugee crisis: An example for humanity
Turkey opened its doors to Syrians and started granting them entry in April 2011. Since then, Turkey continues to allow Syrians to enter the country by strictly adhering to international law, particularly to the principle of non-refoulement.
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Cina USA
La Cina vieterà il commercio di avorio entro la fine del 2017.
La Cina vieterà il commercio di avorio entro la fine del 2017. La prima fase prevede che entro il 31 marzo alcuni negozi che commerciano avorio siano chiusi e restituiscano le licenze, mentre la fine dell’anno tutto il commercio di avorio in Cina sarà vietato. Una decisione simile è stata ...
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Francia
Finance news you need to know today
FRENCH judges convicted IMF chief Christine Lagarde of negligence for a state payout made while she served as France’s finance minister in 2008.
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Nigeria
Buhari signs 17 bills into law in two months
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed the Endangered Species (Control of International Trade and Traffic) Amendment Act 2016 into law. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, confirmed this to State House correspondents. Enang said the bill was one of ...
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Nigeria
National Assembly’ll focus on economy in 2017, says Saraki
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Friday said the National Assembly would in 2017 focus on the nation’s economy which is currently in recession. He said since the economy has remained a major issue for the country, federal lawmakers would ensure that some of the ...
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Brasile
Acidente com ônibus deixa 6 mortos em trecho da BR-116 na Bahia
Um acidente envolvendo um ônibus de turismo, que seguia da Pernambuco para São Paulo, deixou seis pessoas mortas e vários feridos, na madrugada desta quinta-feira (29/12), na BR-116, na Bahia. De acordo com o Corpo de Bombeiros, o acidente aconteceu no km 479 da rodovia, no trecho que liga Poções ao ...