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Ghana: Assin Apimanim Woos African-American Investors
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:03:34 GMT
The Paramount Chief of the Assin Apimanim Traditional Area in the Central Region, Barimah Kwame Nkyi XII, has appealed to African Americans to invest in the area, last Friday, when a host of African Americans joined him to celebrate his 40th Anniversary in grand style, at Assin Manso.
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Ghana: To Observe Country's Elections -Carter Center Delegation Arrives
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:16:40 GMT
Carter Center election observation leaders and short-term observers have arrived in Ghana to observe election preparations and voting on Dec. 7.
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Nigeria: U.S Spends $68 Million on OVC in Country in Four Years
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:25:40 GMT
The United States Government has committed the sum of $68 million in the last four years to assist orphans and vulnerable children and their caregivers in Nigeria, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Robin Renee Sanders has disclosed.
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Liberia: Several Criminals to Be Deported
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:14:10 GMT
It has now been confirmed that several Liberians who should have been deported for committing various crimes in the United States sometimes ago, will now face deportation today to this country.
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Rwanda: President Kagame to Address Public Lecture at UK's Cambridge University
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:46:01 GMT
President Paul Kagame, yesterday, arrived in the United Kingdom where he is scheduled to deliver this year's Dr S.T Lee public policy Lecture at Cambridge University's Faculty of Law.
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Zimbabwe: President, UN Meet Riles U.S.
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:32:02 GMT
THE United States government is reported to have censured United Nations Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon following his meeting with President Mugabe on the sidelines of the International Conference on Financing for Development, prompting the UN boss to explain himself in the Western media.
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Africa: New Program Aims to Train Scientists in U.S.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:16:28 GMT
A new joint initiative by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the US-based Research Triangle Institute (RTI) will train African sientists in the US in a bid to help promising research reach the commercial market place and strengthen the foundations of science and business development in Africa.
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Nigeria: U.S. to Support Country With $447 Million for HIV/Aids
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:37:46 GMT
United States of America has earmarked $447 million as support to Nigeria's struggle to mitigate HIV/AIDS in the coming year.
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Nigeria: Clinton, Gates, Rice Join Obama's Cabinet
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:07:28 GMT
United States President-elect, Barack Obama, on Monday announced Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State, and Robert Gates Defence Secretary, making President George Bush's Pentagon chief his own as he seeks to wind down American role in Iraq.
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Gambia: 'Country Not Affected By Financial Crisis' - Dampha
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:49:07 GMT
The looming financial crisis that continue to wreck havoc on international economies has so far had no bearing on The Gambia's economy, according to a report obtained from a one day sensitization workshop for stakeholders on the current state of the World Financial Crisis.
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