• Japan-Kenya: The Project for the Construction of Nairobi Western Ring Roads

    The Government of Japan has decided to extend grant aid (the Project for the Construction of Nairobi Western Ring Roads (Detailed Design)) totaling 36 million JPY to the Republic of Kenya. Notes to this effect were exchanged...

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  • South Africa slashes defence budget

    South Africa has slashed its 2010 defence budget by 4.1 per cent compared to the previous year.This represents a 15.9 per cent decrease from what had been forecast due to a serious financial crisis in the continent’s...

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  • Forte Energy reports high-grade uranium assays in Mauritania, maiden JORC estimate due in March

    Forte Energy NL (AIM, ASX: FTE) has reported excellent results from the first batch of laboratory assays taken from the first eight diamond core drill holes at its Bir En Nar uranium project in the Republic of...

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  • Africa experts and policy makers explore boosting countries’ progress in pharmaceutical innovation

    A group of experts and policy makers from across Africa tabled practical approaches and action points aimed at boosting pharmaceutical innovation on the continent. Their emphasis was on putting countries in the drivers’ seat for their medicines...

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  • Euro-African migration system:

    “Brain drain” Vs “Brain gain”: Moroccan case study Mohamed Boudoudou Sociologist, Mohammed V University Rabat-Morocco “You can take migrants out of their country but you can’t take their country out of them” Introduction it is established, after...

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  • Money laundering and political instability

    Cocaine introduced in West Africa is not fully conveyed to Europe. According to a UNODC report, some remains in the region. The agency cites as evidence the increase in the proportion of treatment demand for cocaine use...

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  • Guinea Conakry: The Crane Report vs The UN findings

    The Eye of ICTJ: “Guinea has a long history of impunity for state-sponsored human rights violations, and has consistently failed to establish effective investigations into abhorrent abuses committed against the exercise of civil and political rights,” said...

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  • DRC/ AFRICOM: The reform of the army

    The reform of the defense sector was raised Wednesday during an audience granted by the Vice-Minister of Defense Masamba Mantemo Oscar with the U.S Africa Command, led by Colonel Ellington. The latter has informed the press that...

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  • Coming Soon: Chinese and African Perspectives on China in Africa

    Authors: Li Anshan, Desire Assogbavi, Nancy Dubosse, Gedion Gamora, Edwin Daniel Ikhuoria, Francis Ikome, Bai Jie, Claude Kabemba, Paul Kamau, K. Mathews, Sanou Mbaye, Fredrick Mutesa, Antony Otieno Ong’ayo, Zeng Qiang, Daniel Ribeiro, He Wenping, Zhi Yingbiao,...

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  • Coming Soon:India in Africa: Changing Geographies of Power

    Edited by Emma Mawdsley, Gerard McCann In line with its rise as a significant global player, India’s growing interactions with various African countries call for detailed analysis of the Asian giant’s influence and its relations with the...

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