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Global 3: Mandela Washington Fellows Discuss Sustainable Future for Africa
Date: 2016-05-25 10:26:32 GMT - Ghana - Africa - SN:20 - ID:4977381
ACCRA, Ghana, May 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 160 young leaders from 21 West African countries gathered in Accra, Ghana, to share their expertise and engage on critical issues for the future of Africa. In support of U.S. President Barack Obama's ....
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Global(2):Microsoft announces streamlining of smartphone hardware business
Date: 2016-05-25 09:06:35 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:9 - ID:4976597
REDMOND, Washington, May 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced plans to streamline the company's smartphone hardware business, which will impact up to 1,850 jobs. As a result, the company will record an impairment and ....
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AOI chairman meets several African ambassadors
Date: 2016-05-24 16:22:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:82 - ID:4972381
CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) - Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) Abdulaziz Saifuddin met on Tuesday with several African ambassadors in Cairo to mark Africa Day. The meeting tackled activities and services provided by the AOI ....
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Annual meeting of AfDB starts in Zambia with Egyptian participation
Date: 2016-05-24 15:21:18 GMT - Zambia - Africa - SN:74 - ID:4973329
LUSAKA, May 24 (MENA) – The activities of the annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group started in Zambia Tuesday and will run for four days under the rubric of “energy and climate change” . A number of presidents and prime ....
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China to build 1st nuclear power plant in Sudan
Date: 2016-05-24 10:35:51 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:4969969
KHARTOUM, May 24 (MENA) - China has agreed on building the first nuclear power plant in Sudan. In press statements on Tuesday, Sudanese Finance and Economic Planning Minister Badr-Eddin Mahmoud said that the Sudanese and Chinese governments ....
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Person killed in Kenya's opposition protests
Date: 2016-05-23 17:27:43 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:81 - ID:4967289
NAIROBI, May 23 (MENA) - Kenyan police have killed a man in the western city of Kisumu during an opposition protest, an eyewitness has told the BBC Monday. A local hospital said that a body had been brought in, but the cause of death had not been ....
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Oil pipeline attacked by Niger Delta militants
Date: 2016-05-22 21:23:54 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:100 - ID:4960941
ABUJA, May 22 (MEMA) - Militants on Sunday attacked a crude oil pipeline operated by Agip, the local subsidiary of Italy's Eni, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSDC) has said. The attack comes just days after Nigerian President ....
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Training course for African cadres in biological analysis wraps up
Date: 2016-05-22 16:34:11 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:77 - ID:4959329
CAIRO, May 22 (MENA) - A training course for the African cadres in the field of biological analysis wrapped up. The ten-day course was organized by the National Research Center (NRC) for 22 trainees in attendance of the Plenipotentiary Minister ....
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Tanzania's home affairs minister suspended for alcoholism
Date: 2016-05-21 12:56:15 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:37 - ID:4951365
DAR ES SALAM, May 21 (MENA) - Tanzanian President John Magufuli has sacked his home affairs minister after he turned up to parliament and answered questions while under the influence of alcohol, the presidency said, according to ....
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Global-PRNewswire 1:Coolpad Group Launches its Flagship Smartphone Coolpad MAX Designed with the World's First Dual Space Feature
Date: 2016-05-21 05:59:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:2 - ID:4949489
SHENZHEN, China, May 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Coolpad Group is announcing the global launch of its flagship smartphone Coolpad MAX. Just 7.6mm thin and weighing 170g, Coolpad MAX is a premium device with a full metal body, curved edge glass ....
