The Africa Innovation Summit Wednesday announced the innovators selected from across the continent to exhibit their solutions at the forum, which will take place from 6 to 8 June 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda under the esteemed patronage of His Excellences President Paul Kagame and Pedro Pires (ex-President of Cabo Verde
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Tanzania has directed multinational companies operating in the country's extractive sector to open local bank accounts so authorities can scrutinise their finances. The move is in line with new mining laws aimed at curbing illicit financial flows in the oil and gas subsectors. The companies are required to comply with
Read MoreNEW YORK, United States of America, May 24, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Security Council Press Statement on the joint force of the Group of Five for the Sahel: The members of the Security Council heard on 23 May 2018 briefings on the activities of the joint force of the Group
Read MoreStatement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the Security Council Briefing on peace and security in Africa LONDON, United Kingdom, May 24, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the Security Council Briefing on
Read MoreStatement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the Security Council Briefing on peace and security in Africa LONDON, United Kingdom, May 24, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the Security Council Briefing on
Read MoreBelgium regrets the lack of transparency of the process of the revision of the Constitution BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 24, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders expresses strong concern following the referendum of 17th May on the revision of the Constitution of Burundi,
Read MoreBelgium regrets the lack of transparency of the process of the revision of the Constitution BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 24, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders expresses strong concern following the referendum of 17th May on the revision of the Constitution of Burundi,
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Talks in Ethiopia to revive South Sudan’s failed 2015 peace pact and end the country’s civil war broke up on Wednesday without a deal, mediators said, potentially prolonging a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions. Regional grouping IGAD has been helping to mediate and
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Early last year, weeks after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, a little known American trade association filed a petition with the U.S. Trade Representative. That seven-page letter set Africa in the cross-hairs of the new administration’s ‘America First’ trade ideology, pitting the world’s largest economy against tiny Rwanda
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that he will be donating half of his salary to charity. Mr Ramaphosa said the gesture was aimed at encouraging the wealthy to dedicate some of their pay to help build the nation. The donation of 1.6m rand ($130,000; £100,000) will be managed
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