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The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says the Federal Government has extended the Lagos-Ibadan Modernisation Project from its original destination at Ebutte Meta to Lagos Ports.

Nigeria quits maritime organisation over electoral irregularities

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Six soldiers have been arrested over the shooting of a schoolgirl at a military checkpoint in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s conflict-plagued east, local sources said Sunday.

DR Congo soldiers arrested over shooting of schoolgirl

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Syringes with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to be administered against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lie on a tray during a program without an appointment in Sant Vicenc de Casteller, north of Barcelona, Spain, July 6, 2021. REUTERS- Albert Gea

Ghana’s vaccine rollout hailed by WHO as exemplary

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Crude oil is dispensed into a bottle in this illustration photo June 1, 2017. REUTERS-Thomas White-Illustration

Court documents reveal ex-Glencore trader’s political bribes in Nigeria

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[FILE} Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as he campaigns for Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Virginia Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam during a campaign event at the Greater Richmond Convention Center October 19, 2017 in Richmond, Virginia. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP

Barack Obama joins NBA Africa as strategic partner

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Students continue protest at the University of Kinshasa campus in the Democratic Republic of Congo where, police are regularly accused of harassment and of pocketing mask fines they collect.

DR Congo students protest police killing of maskless classmate

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A soldier of the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) takes cover during exchanges of fire with members of the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) in Opira. Alain Wandimoyi-AFP

DR Congo army says 150 hostages freed from Islamist militia

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Boxing - Women's Featherweight - Last 32 - Kokugikan Arena - Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines in action against Matshu Marcela Sakobi of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Pool via REUTERS/Frank Franklin II

World champ Nesthy Petecio takes step toward maiden women’s gold

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At least 16 killed in road ambush by suspected militants in eastern Congo

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African leaders call for $100 billion assistance to support economic recovery

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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday in Daura, Katsina State, inaugurate the first Integrated Farm Estate established by the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA).

President Buhari, other African presidents resolve to accelerate economic recovery

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China is conducting clinical trials of 11 vaccines against the coronavirus disease, four of which are in phase 3, the country’s Science and Technology Minister Wang Zhigang said on Friday.

WHO: African countries destroy 450,000 coronavirus vaccines

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Africa Development Bank (AfDB) is planning to invest $10 billion for the expansion of renewable energy projects in the continent, over the next five years.

AfDB renews commitment to end child stunting in Africa

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FILE PHOTO - Boris Youdom Kamgo, 32, a fish farmer and founder of Agro Worl Goup (AWG) shows one of the fish species that he is breeding in Missole, near Douala, Cameroon June 24, 2021. REUTERS-Josiane Kouagheu

Cameroon fish farmers hope to edge out frozen imports

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The European Union should consider imposing more sanctions on Belarus because Minsk is flying in migrants from abroad to send them illegally into the bloc, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Monday.

Lithuania: Belarus using refugees as weapon

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