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Hamas Says Egypt Ready To Help Gaza

Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said Wednesday recent talks in Egypt could lead to improving the humanitarian suffering in...

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One-District-One-Factory Takes Off In Saltpond

In line with the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s one-district-one-factory policy, the defunct Saltpond...

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Guinean Former Fashion Model Digs Into West African Mining

Leaving behind chic gowns and catwalks to stomp in the mud in heavy work boots, Guinean former fashion model Tiguidanke...

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Californians Take A Shine To Solar Power

Jacquie Barnbrook had grown tired of the high electricity bills and her gas-guzzling luxury car when she finally...

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Painted Huts Offer DR Congo Village A Tourism Lifeline

There's no electricity and only 500 residents in the Congolese village of Makwatsha, but a longstanding tradition by...

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Freeze In Contracts, Vehicle Purchases Reduces Growth In Service Sector

The first quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures for 2017 have shown that the services subsector recorded the...

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Tanzania To Speed Up Hydropower Project On UNESCO Site

Tanzania's President John Magufuli plans to speed up the building of a hydroelectric dam in one of Africa's largest...

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Hamas Building Gaza Buffer Zone As It Seeks Improved Egypt Ties

Gaza's rulers Hamas said they had begun building a new buffer zone along the southern border with Egypt on Wednesday,...

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UN Refugee Cash Card Scheme Boosts Lebanese Grocers

In three years, Lebanese grocer Ali Khiami hired six staff, invested in property and funded his children's university...

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‘Dumsor’ Hits Assin-Praso

Business activities are grinding to a halt at Assin Praso in the Assin North Municipality of the Central Region...

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Three-Day ECOWAS Gender and Energy Workshop Opens In Accra

A three-day validation workshop for Economic Community and West African States directive on gender and energy...

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China’s Hydropower Frenzy Drowns Sacred Mountains

Towering walls of concrete entomb lush forests on mountainsides in southwest China as workers toil on the dry riverbed...

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Karpowership Ghana Makes Donation To Muslim Households

Karpowership Ghana Company Limited, has made donations to about 200 Muslim households in the Tema New Town Community,...

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Children Electrocuted In Turkish Pool

Three children and two adults who tried to rescue them have been electrocuted in a water park in north-western Turkey,...

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Anger In Nigeria’s South Over Oil Spill Clean-Up Delay

Under a leaden sky in oil-rich southern Nigeria, young men hang around with nothing to do, covering their noses from...

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Gaza Restarts Power Station As Egypt Fuel Eases Crisis

The Gaza Strip's sole power station has been fired up again, the energy authority in the Palestinian enclave said...

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Defence Minister Accuses Abbas of Wanting Israel-Hamas War

Israel's defence minister on Thursday accused Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of trying to spark a fresh conflict...

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Solar Solution Brings Water To Besieged Syria Town

Solar panels on wheels make for a strange sight on the streets of Syria's besieged Douma, but the makeshift generator...

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Hoteliers To Enjoy Subsidised Electricity Tariffs Soon – Tourism Minister

The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Afeku, has hinted of government’s plans to subsidise...