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US Treasury sanctions Lebanon’s Jammal Trust Bank for Hezbollah support

The US on Thursday sanctioned Lebanon-based Jammal Trust Bank SAL and its

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Uganda confirms another Ebola case

Uganda reported another case of Ebola on Thursday, a nine-year-old girl who

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Ivory Coast, Toyota sign assembly plant deal

Ivory Coast’s government signed an agreement on Thursday with Toyota to build

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Buhari seeks Japanese support to combat piracy in Gulf of Guinea, as Nigeria and EU sign devt MoU

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Yokohama, Japan, sought the support of the

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AfDB spends $2bn to train 6 million African scientists

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has committed $2 billion to

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Spanish coastguard rescues 208 migrants crossing from Africa to Spain

More than 200 migrants were rescued on Wednesday by the Spanish coastguard

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Tullow Oil calls off Uganda stake sale to Total, CNOOC

Tullow Oil’s sale of a stake in its planned 230,000 barrel per

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Japan imports first LNG cargo from China as utilities try to cut costs

Japan imported its first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from China

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Nigeria offers attractive investment opportunities, says Buhari at TICAD7

“Nigeria has very attractive investment opportunities with some of the highest Returns-on-Investment,”

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Japan, S’ Africa and AfDB unveil priorities to accelerate Africa’s technology transformation journey

Science, technology and innovation as well as human resource development are critical

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