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Colombia
A battle not yet over: Displacement and women's needs in post-peace agreement Colombia
Source: Refugees International Country: ColombiaThe challenges to a sustainable peace cannot be underestimated as ongoing conflict and violence continue to threaten women and girls. After 50 years of brutal war, the peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People’s Army is cause to celebrate. Over ...
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Portogallo
Acordo Ortográfico vai ser melhorado
A Academia das Ciências de Lisboa publica no final de Janeiro um documento, que não terá mais de vinte páginas para propor melhorias ao Acordo Ortográfico de 1990.
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Portogallo
Lesados do BES têm acordo fechado com Banco de Portugal e Governo
Até 500 mil euros aplicados os clientes recuperaram 75% do valor, com um tecto máximo de 250 mil euros. Por isso, quem aplicou 400 mil euros, não receberá 300 mil euros (que corresponderiam aos 75%), mas apenas 250 mil euros.
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USA
Positivo il Mercato americano
(Teleborsa) - Il listino USA mostra un timido guadagno in chiusura, con il Dow Jones che ha messo a segno un +0,2%, mentre, al contrario, rimane intorno alla linea di parità l'indice...
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Regno Unito
Global insurer threatens to blacklist Nigerian airline operators
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi World’s insurance market leader, Lloyd’s of London, has issued a warning to Nigerian airline operators that it may be forced to blacklist or downgrade them over their continued failure to fulfil their obligations of paying premiums regularly. Lloyd’s representatives, who visited the country recently, said that the Nigerian ...
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Nigeria
Fashola restates FG’s commitment to Lagos-Ibadan road
Oluwadamilola Taiwo The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said that the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is part of the measures by the Federal Government to improve travellers’ experience and also take the economy out of recession. Fashola said this during an inspection of the ...
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Nigeria
NCC, telcos to attract investments through spectrum trading
Ozioma Ubabukoh Telecommunications stakeholders have said that secondary market of spectrum will enable spectrum resources to shift from low value users to higher value users. Prof. Hama Nwana of Atalantic Telecoms and Media, United Kingdom, said that Nigeria could manage spectrum in three ways including command and control and licence ...
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Nigeria
FG, SunTrust Bank partner on N13bn housing scheme
’Femi Asu The Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company, in partnership with SunTrust Bank Plc, has launched a N13bn mortgage refinancing scheme for federal civil servants. The Minster for Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, was quoted in a statement as saying that the Federal Government had earmarked N40bn in the 2016 budget for ...
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Nigeria
IFC, SEC to drive investment in capital market
Stanley Opara The International Finance Corporation, a member of World Bank Group, and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria, are collaborating to boost market integrity with a standardised corporate governance scorecard for public companies. The scorecard is expected to identify strong performers through enhanced disclosure, strengthen investor confidence and ...
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USA Nigeria
Is govt doing enough to rejuvenate farming in Nigeria?
As farmers, we enjoyed some incentives during the previous administration, but this new government is not doing anything to benefit us. The only programme we are benefitting from is Fadama, which was on the ground before this administration came on board. We have not really felt the impact of this ...