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Cycle of unrest diminishes foreign interest in Libya’s oil sector

 Despite the intensifying above-ground risks in Libya, new oil discoveries continue to prove the strong below-ground potential of the North African country,

Update 2: At least 9 dead in Nigeria plane crash

At least 9 people are feared to have died when a commuter plane carrying 20 people crashed shortly after takeoff from the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed

Update 3: ‘Only six persons survived Nigeria plane crash’

Only six of the 20 passengers and crew aboard the local Associated Airlines' Embraer 120 plane that crashed in Nigeria's commercial city of Lagos on Thursday

Libya to grant licence to 3rd mobile phone company

Libyan authorities are to grant operating licence to a third mobile telephone company, Libyan local media reported Tuesday, quoting the Telecommunications

IMF warns of South Africa’s economic uncertainty

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that South Africa’s weak economic growth cannot be blamed on the global economic situation, saying that local issues 

Implementation of ECOWAS Common External Tariff starts 1 Jan. 2015

The ECOWAS Council of Ministers has recommended that the new five-band regional Common External Tariff (CET) become operational on 1 Jan. 2015. 

France grants CFAF3b to Mali’s SMBs

The French Development Agency (FDA) has injected 5 million euros (about CFAF 3,275 billion) into the Malian National Agricultural Development Bank (BNDA)

Morocco calls for more aid, investments for Africa

 Moroccan Foreign Minister Saad Dine El-Otmani on Monday in New York decried the 

Three teenage would-be stowaways arrested at Nigeria’s busiest airport

The massive publicity given to the teenage boy who flew in the wheel well of a local flight in Nigeria last August may have unwittingly encouraged other young boys

New investors take over Nigeria’s power sector

Nigeria has formally handed over its power generating firms to the private investors who won the bid for the companies as part of the privatisation of the key power

Low global demand for diamonds weighs on Botswana’s growth

A greater than anticipated deterioration in the global economy would likely have a detrimental effect on demand for diamonds, posing significant risks to real GDP

Sudan exports 3m sheep to Saudi Arabia during pilgrimage season

Sudan said it had exported over 3 million sheep to Saudi Arabia, earning the African nation US$200 million, the semi-official Sudan media centre Tuesday quoted 
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