IMF expects a 3.6% growth of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020
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Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to halt at 3.2 percent in 2019 and [...] Full text...
IMF sets out policy steps to raise Sub-Saharan Africa’s medium-term growth
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Gambia faces heavy debt burden despite progress, says IMF mission
12 november 2010 - 19:13:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday disclose d that despite Gambia's good economic performance in [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian PM attends G20 Summit in South Korea
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Authorities accept deployment of regional stabilization force in Guinea Bissau
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UN calls for greater protection of world's indigenous communities
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Africa to experience 4.5% growth in 2010 - Report
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Zimbabwe marks 30 years of Uhuru facing uncertain future (Feature)
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African Ombudsmen meet in Angola
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Lack of migration data hampering cooperation, integration in Southern Africa
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Global economy recovering faster than previously anticipated, says IMF
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Gambia ruling party launches presidential electioneering campaign
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Commonwealth Scribe assesses Rwandan institutions (Corrected)
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Commonwealth Scribe assesses Rwadan institutions
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Japan appoints representative to ECOWAS
21 december 2009 - 23:32:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Japanese government has appointed Toshitsugu Uesawa as the country's ambassador to Abuja, to be its [...] Full text...
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Mauritius gets US$ 100 million from World Bank
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Fuel scarcity: Opposition accuses FG of inflicting pain on Nigerians
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AU Commissioner identifies factors hindering development in Africa
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Lecturers' strike, troubled banks get big play in Nigerian media
29 august 2009 - 11:58:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The lingering strike by Nigerian University lecturers an d the cleansing sweeping across Nigerian banks dominated [...] Full text...
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Naval heads from 3 African nations for Nigerian Navy conference
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Yar'Adua to G-8 leaders: Fulfill your commitments to Africa
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UN chief tells Africa to capitalize on new climate change talks
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AfDB to provide technical assistance to Namibia
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French Socialist Party calls for democratic succession in Gabon
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Malawi presidency: ‘let my work speak for me’
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Kenya govt to resettle squatters on waters towers
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Gadio: Principle of establishing AU Authority retained
16 april 2009 - 23:59:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Senegalese minister of foreign affairs, Cheikh Tidiane G adio, announced on Thursday in Tripoli that the [...] Full text...
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'There should be no cover-up in Halliburton bribery scandal'
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G-20 leaders urged to shield Africans against extreme poverty
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Civil Societies favour stimulus package for fragile African economies
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Senegalese lawyer wants African bars strengthened
27 march 2009 - 17:02:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The President of the lawyers' association in Senegal, Ma me Adama Gueye, said Thursday that lawyers [...] Full text...
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UNIDO to hold summit on energy
24 march 2009 - 17:45:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) says it is organising an energy conference to discuss [...] Full text...
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'Africa must be part of solution to global economic crisis'
10 march 2009 - 14:09:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA)- – Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan on Tuesday called for immediate assistance for Africa to ease [...] Full text...
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UN says direct foreign investment dropped in 2008
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