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Mauritania: BINTER airline resumes flight to Mauritania

The Spanish private airline company, BINTER, on Monday said it resumed its flights to Nouakchott from the Canary Islands on 5 August.

Tanzania: Oil, gas prospecting company lists on Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange

Swala Oil and Gas (Tanzania) Plc has become the second company to list on the Enterprise Growth Market (EGM), introduced on the Dar es Salaam Stock

Nigeria: Govt. revokes 600 mining licences

The Nigerian government has revoked 600 mining licences, for non-compliance with the relevant laws guiding mining operations in the country, according

Ethiopia: World Bank provides US$ 25 million support to AU Commission

The World Bank Group and the African Union Commission (AUC) have signed an International Development Association (IDA) grant of US$25 million to support

Nigeria: Foreign investors dominate transactions at Nigerian bourse

Foreign investor’s participation in the Nigerian bourse from January to April 2014 hit 75.25%, compared with their local counterparts whose participation

Gambia: Opposition decries rising inflation, unemployment, low wages

The opposition People’s Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), has said “inflation is rising in The Gambia while unemployment

Tanzania: MTN-Rwanda eyes cross-border mobile money

With growing competition in mobile banking in the telecoms sector within the country, MTN-Rwanda is looking at venturing into cross-border mobile

Tanzania: Google, Yahoo make phone numbers mandatory for new email IDs

World's most popular free email providers, Google (Gmail) and Yahoo, have made telephone numbers mandatory for creation of new email addresses

Kenya: East African leaders target US-Africa Summit for infrastructure funding

East African leaders have resolved to present a financing proposal for the Lamu Port Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Project (LAPSSET) to potential financiers at

Burundi: AfDB gives Burundi US$22 million for two dams

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will give US$22 million to help build two new hydroelectric dams in Burundi, which is experiencing a serious energy

Congo: Congo spends 4.7 billion FCFA to rehabilitate port

The Congolese government has spent 4.7 billion FCFA on the rehabilitation of the Ouesso port, in the Sangha departmental capital in the north of the country.

Gambia: UNDP says poverty ‘remains high’ in rural areas

In spite of the progress made by The Gambia, poverty rate is 39.6 per cent and remains particularly high in rural areas largely due to the vulnerability
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