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Locust invasion! EU shells out €11m

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Food and Agriculture Organisation Director-General QU Dongyu has welcomed an €11m contribution from the European Union as the UN agency steps up efforts to fight the desert locust upsurge which has now spread from East Africa to the Persian Gulf.

Dangote ambitious $2bn plant takes baby steps

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Aliko Dangote Dangote Fertiliser Limited (www.Dangote.com), a subsidiary of the eminent Dangote Group chaired by Aliko Dangote, has begun the countdown to the inauguration of its $2bn granulated urea fertiliser complex in Lagos, Nigeria.

Ethiopia duels Nigeria, Sierra Leone

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Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Intiative, which resulted in over 4 billion trees being planted in 2019, has been shortlisted for The Climate Coalition’s Green Heart Hero Award which recognises the incredible work that’s being done to tackle climate change.

SA in sterilization mess

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Cyril Ramaphosa, President, South Africa The United Nations in South Africa notes with concern the findings of the investigation by the Commission for Gender Equality on forced and coerced sterilization in public hospitals in the Gauteng and Kwazulu Natal provinces.

Tanzania outshines Kenya, South Africa

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Rivalry is of the world, and it will continue to be.

Locust invasion! Ethiopia races against time

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Ethiopia is racing against time to control desert locusts as the February – May Belg season starts.

Drogba scores $15bn

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Drogba Once a footballer, always a footballer.

President sings against infertility

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Weah Many infertile women and men in Africa are gradually coming to the realization that infertility is a shared problem of both male and female, unlike the past where most of the burden purely rested on the woman.

Locust invasion! Bill Gates coughs up $10m

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Gates Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organisation, QU Dongyu, has welcomed a $10m donation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the fight against the desert locust upsurge in East Africa as the UN agency expanded its appeal.

IEA too succumbs to Africa growing allure

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Jarrett There are some who passionately believe Africa will be at the forefront of the new world order.

Festival battles sexual harassment

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And the sexual harassment battle continues.

AWIEF dialogue aims for gender equality, economic empowerment

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March 9, 2020 will be a very critical day for African women.

DELIC draws closer and closer

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As time passes, so also the time for one of the year’s most anticipated events draws nearer and nearer.

Zlatan storms London

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Zlatan Afrobeat fans in the UK are in for a treat as one of the most influential and popular rising stars, Zlatan Ibile, has announced his first UK headline show at Indigo At The O2 on May 10, 2020.

Mavins All Is In Order lyrics

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Mavins: Bello (top left), DNA (bottom left), Jazzy (middle), Rema (top right) and Crayon Intro Kai, ekeleke, pekele pekeleke, it’s Don Jazzy, Mavins don come back again oh E lele, lelelele lelelele lelelele lelele