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World cup: Ghana to have formal agreements for player bonuses

YoopyaJuly 3, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 3, 2014July 16, 20230

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ghana is planning to take pre-emptive action for the next World Cup to avoid off-the-field problems over bonus payments. The...

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Nigeria: Nigeria arrests businessman in connection with girls’ abductions

YoopyaJuly 2, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 2, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigerian troops have arrested a businessman suspected of being at the head of a Boko Haram intelligence network that helped plan the abduction...

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Africa: Conflict minerals law starts working despite poor industry response

YoopyaJuly 1, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 1, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – A U.S. law on conflict minerals is curbing African warlords’ presence around mines in Congo, campaigners say, but its full impact remains unclear,...

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Africa: Around 30 migrants found dead on boat near Sicily

YoopyaJuly 1, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 1, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – As many as 30 corpses were found on a boat packed with migrants off the coast of Sicily, Italy’s navy said on Monday...

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Africa news: African leaders’ summit urges action on rising militant threat

YoopyaJune 27, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJune 27, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – African leaders called on Thursday for firm action against a rising Islamist militant threat stretching across the continent from Kenya to Mali and...

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Africa news: Abuja bomb cuts short Nigeria president’s trip to AU summit

YoopyaJune 27, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJune 27, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has cut short a trip to an African Union summit in Gabon a day after a bomb blast in...

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Africa news: At least 21 killed in rush-hour blast in Nigerian capital

YoopyaJune 26, 2014June 27, 2023

by YoopyaJune 26, 2014June 27, 20230

(Reuters) – At least 21 people were killed when a suspected bomb tore through a crowded shopping district in the Nigerian capital Abuja during rush...

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Africa news: U.N. Security Council blacklists Boko Haram leader, splinter group

YoopyaJune 26, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJune 26, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council sanctioned the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram and a splinter group on Wednesday, the first individual and entity...

Environment

Environmental crime: Surging environmental crime funds conflicts, hurts growth: U.N.

YoopyaJune 25, 2014May 31, 2023

by YoopyaJune 25, 2014May 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Surging environmental crime, from illegal logging to elephant poaching, is worth up to $213 billion a year and is helping to fund armed...

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Africa news: South Africa miners return to work after longest platinum strike

YoopyaJune 25, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJune 25, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of South African platinum miners returned to work on Wednesday after wage deals ended the longest and most damaging strike...