Africa
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UN mission team to combat Ebola arrives in Africa
World | Sep 23, 2014, 06:26 AM ISTUnited Nations: An advance team of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) has arrived in Ghana's capital Accra to set up the operation's headquarters, a UN spokesman said on Monday.Another advance team
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Recovered British Ebola patient to return to Africa
World | Sep 12, 2014, 11:42 AM ISTLondon: The first British person to contract Ebola in Africa is to return to the country where he was infected in order to help others fight the disease.William Pooley was treated in a special isolation
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Doordarshan set to expand global footprint, go on air in Europe, Africa
India | Aug 06, 2014, 08:20 AM ISTNew Delhi: State broadcaster Doordarshan's international channel is all set to become available to viewers in Europe, Africa and even Australia after Prasar Bharati yesterday entered into an agreement in that regard with German public
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Delegates to be screened for Ebola at US-Africa summit
World | Aug 02, 2014, 11:19 AM ISTWashington: US President Barack Obama has ordered compulsory screening of all the African delegates arriving in Washington for a summit for Ebola virus symptoms.The issue of Ebola "is something that we take very seriously", Xinhua
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Senegal to host summit on financing Africa's infrastructure
May 24, 2014, 08:14 PM ISTAddis Ababa: President Macky Sall of Senegal will host a summit on financing Africa's infrastructure from June 14-15 in Dakar, announced the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Friday.The event aims to promote the participation
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World Economic Forum on Africa attracts huge investment
May 10, 2014, 07:14 PM ISTAbuja (Nigeria): The 2014 World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa wrapped up here in the Nigerian capital, attracting investment worth more than 68 billion U.S. dollars.The forum started Wednesday and ended Friday.“The funds are targeted
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Sunil Mittal to co-chair World Economic Forum on Africa
May 06, 2014, 09:47 PM ISTNew Delhi:Bharti Entreprises' founder and chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal will co-chair the World Economic Forum on Africa beginning Wednesday in Nigerian capital Abuja. The Forum will focus on sustainable healthcare and service delivery.The event is
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Africa's financial services sector presents opportunities: report
Apr 19, 2014, 09:35 PM ISTJohannesburg: An international logistics group has said growth in Africa's financial services sector is providing great opportunities to drive the continent's economic growth and development.In a report released here Friday, DHL Express Sub-Saharan (SSA) director
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Facebook purchasing 11,000 drones to connect Africa
Mar 04, 2014, 06:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Reports suggest that social networking giant Facebook is in negotiations to buy a drone manufacturer with the aim of using its high-altitude autonomous aircraft to beam internet connections to isolated communities in Africa.Facebook
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Know about a ghost town in Africa abandoned since 50 years
World | Sep 04, 2014, 06:33 AM ISTNew Delhi: Kolmanskop in Namibia was founded in 1908 when a railway worker, Zacharias Lewala discovered a diamond in this place and showed it to his supervisor, who then got the gem tested and approved.After
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Indian model of partnership with Africa more promising than Chinese: Khurshid
India | Nov 20, 2013, 10:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: In the backdrop of increasing Chinese footprints in Africa, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid sought to downplay China's “commercial model” in the continent and said India had far better and “more promising partnership
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Africa emerges as drug trafficking hub
World | Oct 16, 2013, 11:30 AM ISTHarare: Endemic corruption, poverty and disorganisation, have made some parts of Africa new drug hubs.Reports say, a weak criminal justice system boosts such activities here.Since 2004, Africa has become a major hub for cocaine trafficking,
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Kerry: terrorists can run, but can't hide
World | Oct 06, 2013, 01:14 PM ISTBali, Indonesia : U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said today that a pair of U.S. military raids against militants in north Africa sends the message that terrorists “can run but they can't hide.”In raids
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A look at major terror attacks in East Africa
World | Sep 23, 2013, 08:09 PM ISTJohanesburg: A look at the major terror attacks in East Africa, outside of Somalia:Sept. 21, 2013: Gunmen use grenades and assault rifles to attack an upscale mall in Kenya's capital, killing more than 60 people
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Africa's worst famines in recent past
World | Sep 19, 2013, 06:46 AM ISTNew Delhi: Famine has been a tragic problem with most of the countries in the recorded history of mankind. Some countries are still facing famine particularly in the sub-Saharan region. Famine is a condition which
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US to re-open 18 diplomatic missions
World | Aug 10, 2013, 07:13 AM ISTWashington, Aug 10: The U.S. State Department says 18 of the 19 U.S. embassies and consulates in the Middle East and Africa that have been closed due to a terrorist threat will reopen on Sunday
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Obama ends Africa trip by joining Bush at memorial
World | Jul 02, 2013, 03:57 PM ISTDar Es Salaam, Jul 2: Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican predecessor President George W. Bush found common ground in Africa on Tuesday, honoring the victims of a terrorist attack in an unprecedented chance encounter
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Obama in Tanzania for final stop on Africa tour
World | Jul 01, 2013, 05:19 PM ISTDar Es Salaam, July 1: President Barack Obama is in Tanzania, kicking off the final stop on his week long, three-country tour of sub-Saharan Africa.Obama arrived on Monday in Dar es Salaam. He's not the
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Obama says not threatened by China focus on Africa
World | Jun 29, 2013, 06:10 PM ISTPretoria, Jun 29: President Barack Obama says he doesn't feel threatened by the fact that other countries, led by China, are investing in Africa. In fact, Obama says the more countries that come to Africa,
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Petersen's 182 steers Proteas to 419 at Headingley
Cricket | Aug 03, 2012, 10:02 PM ISTLeeds (England), Aug 3: Alviro Petersen hit his highest score of 182 Friday before England took four wickets in the afternoon session to dismiss South Africa for 419 by tea on the second day of