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Kenya
Shareholders claiming ownership of Kibaki company flouted law, court told
Former President Mwai Kibaki wants six people claiming membership in a company owning a prime property in Nyeri town considered outsiders.
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Etiopia
Revisiting Ethiopia's Half Year Export Performance
[Ethiopian Herald] The export sector has remained the main earner of foreign currency, with which Ethiopia buys essential foreign products it is not able to manufacture, extract or grow at home. Export goods, thus, play a pivotal role not only in advancing the domestic economy, but also in enabling the ...
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Etiopia
Horticulture - A Flourishing Sector
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia has managed to transform its horticulture sector with a span of 15 years from scratch close to 300 million USD export business through attracting potential investors, Ethiopia's Horticulture and Agriculture Investment Authority underscores.
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Turchia
Turkish top diplomat in Tehran for talks on Syria operation
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu paid a surprise visit to Tehran on Feb 7 and held talks with his counterpart Javed Zareef, diplomatic sources have said.
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Turchia USA
“Salt Bae” to open hamburger restaurant chain in the U.S
The co-partner of Turkey’s global Nusr-et chain of grill houses, Nusret Gökçe, who became a social media phenomenon in early 2017 for his meat-cutting and salt-drizzling skills, is set to open a hamburger chain, Salt Bae, named after his salt-sprinkling meme, New York Post reported on Feb.4. “We’ve already signed ...
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Turchia
400-year-old Holland-Turkey ties to be fixed one day: Dutch FM
The Netherlands may have withdrawn its ambassador to Turkey, but the 400-year-old ties “will be fixed one day,” Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra told Dutch lawmakers in The Hague on Feb. 7, amid a diplomatic crisis between the two countries.
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USA
Turkish Burger King operator pulls U.S. IPO amid market jitters
Turkish fast-food chain operator TFI Tab Food Investments postponed its planned $220 million initial public offering in New York on Feb. 6, as the recent stock market volatility makes such stock market flotations challenging.
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Turchia
Turkey to submit position paper for Schengen zone visa liberalization process
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has claimed that Turkey has accomplished all necessary work for the fulfillment of the remaining seven criteria out of 72 for visa-free travel to the EU’s Schengen zone, and will send a letter detailing Ankara’s steps to European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans.
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Cina
Red pandas rescued in Laos stir fears over exotic pet trade
The rescue in Laos of three endangered red pandas trafficked from China has raised fears the rare animals are increasingly being coveted by exotic pet owners.
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Turchia USA
Turkey will tell Tillerson it wants to mend trust with US: Turkish FM
Turkey will tell U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson the two countries must repair damaged mutual trust, its foreign minister said on Feb. 6, following a series of disagreements, especially over the Syria crisis.