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Nigeria
NCC plans to extend telecoms services next year
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said on Friday provisions have been made in its 2017 budget to extend telecommunications services to additional 40 million people across the country. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Dambatta, made this known in Lagos during a sensitization workshop organised by NCC ...
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Nigeria
UNILAG VC Gives Recipes For Economic Recovery
The Vice Chancellor University of Lagos, Prof Prof. Rahamon Bello has said the only way for Nigeria to recover from its present economic recession was to sustain appropriate research into economic activities. He dropped the hint recently while declaring open the 11th Unilag Annual Research Conference and Fair with the theme “Diversification ...
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Qatar USA
Lamamra reaffirms in Doha Algeria's positions on many Arab issues
DOHA (Qatar) -Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ramtane Lamamra, affirmed Thursday in Doha that the Arab States of the Gulf represent an essential plank in Algeria’s efforts to building mutually beneficial partnerships. Lamamra said during a press briefing held at the Algerian embassy in ...
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Nigeria
Thousands of Nigerian refugees need urgent assistance in remote north of Cameroon
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Cameroon, NigeriaThousands of Nigerian refugees are living in difficult conditions in isolated and insecure border areas of northern Cameroon and urgently need assistance, says UNHCR.Thousands of Nigerian refugees are living in difficult conditions in isolated and insecure border areas of northernmost Cameroon and urgently ...
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Kenya
IFRC appeals for CHF 3.8 million to support drought victims in Kenya
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Country: KenyaThe IFRC plans to support the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) to deliver assistance and support to some 114,620 people for 12 months. This Emergency Appeal seeks a total of 3,844,037 Swiss francs to enable the IFRC to support the Kenya ...
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USA Myanmar
Bangladesh pushes back Rohingya refugees amid collective punishment in Myanmar
Source: Amnesty International Country: Bangladesh, MyanmarThousands of refugees who have made it across the border to Bangladesh in desperate need of food, water and medical care are being forcibly pushed back, said Amnesty.• Rohingya refugees and asylum-seekers being detained and forcibly returned • Lack of water, food and medical care • Both governments ...
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Regno Unito
Liberia: Liberia, UK Host Trade & Investment Forum in Monrovia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -Liberia and the United Kingdom this week ended a one-day Liberia-UK Trade and Investment Forum.
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Nigeria
Nigeria: Investments in Telecoms Hit U.S.$68 Billion in Nigeria
[Guardian] Despite what looks like economic downturn, investments in the fast growing telecommunications sector have been put at $68b as at July, 2016.
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Regno Unito
Liberia: GOL, UK Host Trade, Investment Forum
[Observer] A forum intended to develop, coordinate and deliver a new trade and investment policy to promote United Kingdom's business across the globe, took place recently in Monrovia.
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Argentina
Botín confirma ante Macri un plan de inversiones de 1.215 millones en Argentina
La presidenta de Banco Santander, Ana Botín, ha confirmado ante el presidente de Argentina, Mauricio Macri, un plan de inversiones de la filial argentina de más de 20.000 millones de pesos (unos 1.215 millones de euros al cambio actual) en "los próximos años" destinado a modernizar y abrir sucursales, mejorar ...