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Germany releases 1.975m euros for Tanzania vulnerable

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HelpAge International’s Tanzania office has been awarded nearly 2 million euros in funding from the German government.

UK losing out on growing world tourism

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International tourist arrivals grew 6% in 2018, totalling 1.4 billion according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, a growth clearly above the 3.7% registered in the global economy.

African Television searching for 10 unique Nigerians

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Are you a unique Nigerian? Unique in the sense that you are contributing positively to Nigeria’s growth and image in an extremely exceptional, radical and innovative manner?

AFIG acquires NEM Insurance majority shares

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NEM Insurance Plc, a leading insurance group in Nigeria has announced that Advanced Finance and Investment Group, a leading African private equity fund manager has, through AFIG Fund II, completed an investment in it by acquiring 29.9% of its shares from some existing shareholders.

UK, Egypt collaborate on culture preservation

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A delegation of experts from across Egypt, Tunisia and Sudan are visiting the Mamluk Minbars of Cairo and celebrating the success of restoration work conducted on it as part of the UK’s Cultural Protection Fund.

The Newell Murder serialization 2

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“You can’t be serious, Dave,” he heard Edwin Waters snap (a sure sign that vehemence was coming) behind him.

African Television finally berths in Nigeria

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African Television , Africa’s biggest TV station which started operations in the Netherlands on March 10, 2010, and has since commenced operations in some African countries that include Uganda, Cameroon and South Africa is finally going to commence operations in Nigeria which is the country of origin of its founder, Larry Omodia (pictured).

Equatorial Guinea makes business registration easier

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Equatorial Guinea’s one-stop shop has kicked off, allowing investors and corporations alike to set up a business in sub-Saharan Africa’s fourth largest oil producer in only seven days.

UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO insist on west, central Africa children, adolescents HIV intervention

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At a high-level meeting in Dakar, Senegal, UNAIDS, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries in western and central Africa to do more to stop new HIV infections among children and adolescents and increase HIV testing and treatment coverage.

CitizenGO battles DC Comics for ridiculing Jesus Christ

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CitizenGO, the international human rights non-governmental organization has taken up yet another cause: the alleged ridiculing of Jesus Christ by the author, Mark Russell, and the publisher, DC Comics.

Over 800 killed in DR Congo -UN

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The UN Human Rights Office has said that according to allegations from credible sources, at least 890 people were killed between 16 and 18 December in four villages in Yumbi territory, Mai-Ndombe province in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in what appear to have been clashes between the Banunu and Batende communities.