Former England striker, Emile Heskey, is planning to invest in Zimbabwe’s energy sector. Heskey, who is a senior vice-president of Genoil, a Canadian company with interests in oil technology development, believes there are diverse areas of investment in Zimbabwe’s ailing economy. The 41-year-old, who played for England 62 times -
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MOSCOW, August 22. /TASS/. Russian experts have made a significant contribution to the fight against the Ebola fever epidemic in Guinea, Russia’s consumer watchdog said in a statement on Thursday. "Although the Ebola fever epidemic has been successfully eradicated, the watchdog’s lab modules remain operational and ready to diagnose the
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By AFP French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said wildfires in the Amazon were an "international crisis" and called on this weekend's G7 to address the issue. "Our house is burning. Literally. The Amazon rainforest -- the lungs which produces 20 percent of our planet's oxygen -- is on fire.
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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has today said its board of Governors will vote on removing age limit for the position of Managing Director. “The Executive Board has today recommended that the IMF Board of Governors vote to remove the age limit that currently applies to
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By AFP Singapore will next week begin a public trial of driverless buses that can be booked with an app, part of ambitions to roll out autonomous vehicles across the city-state. Well-organised and high-tech, Singapore has become a testbed for self-driving vehicles, developing home-grown technology and inviting foreign companies to
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A detective has told a court in Sudan that former President Omar al-Bashir admitted to receiving millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia. Mr Bashir appeared in court on Monday to face corruption charges, which his lawyers say are baseless. He was ousted in April after months of protests, bringing an
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Zoos and circuses in the U.S. and China may soon be barred from buying African elephants that have been captured in the wild, Bloomberg reports. A vote at the 18th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in favor of limiting international trade in the animals will
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A Kenyan chef has set a new world record for the longest time spent cooking, after cooking for 75 hours non-stop. Maliha Mohammed (in featured photo) began her attempt on Thursday at 10:00 local time in the coastal city of Mombasa. She ended her marathon at a local restaurant on
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Sudan's ruling military council and civilian opposition alliance have signed a landmark power-sharing deal. The agreement ushers in a new governing council, including both civilians and generals, to pave the way towards elections and civilian rule. Mohamed Hamdan "Hemeti" Dagolo, widely regarded as Sudan's most powerful man, has pledged to
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The recent onshore discovery made in the Delta de la Cuvette deposit in the Republic of Congo is a game changer for Congo and Africa. The discovery was announced on August 10th by SARPD Oil and PEPA, a Congolese consortium working as operators on the Block. Early projections indicate that
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