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	AFRICA Pockets of promise: 7 African countries to watch The Economist Intelligence Unit has identified a number of mid-tier countries expected to continue to perform well over the medium term due to public investment plans, consumer demand patterns, and trade dynamics... read

SUDAN
Bushra al-Fadil wins 18th Caine Prize for African Writing

Bushra al-Fadil has won the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing with his short story entitled “The Story of the Girl Whose Birds Flew Away”, translated by Max Shmookler... read

SIERRA LEONE
Insight magazine relaunches

Sierra Leone's Insight magazine, with the payoff line ‘The only magazine for those who do business in Sierra Leone', is relaunching with a new look this month... read

AFRICA
Africa's development agenda needs strong AU, UN partnership

At AU Summit, UN deputy chief calls for greater partnership to implement the continent's development agenda... read

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KENYA
Losses loom in Kenya's stalled crude export plan

Edwin Okoth

Kenya's energy and petroleum secretary Charles Keter announced that the government had suspended the early oil export plan that was to start this month... read

GHANA
Hunt for survivors after Ghana goldmine collapse

ACCRA - Rescuers are scrambling to locate survivors after an illegal goldmine collapsed in western Ghana, trapping at least 17 miners underground... read

AFRICA
Africa Architecture Awards extends entry deadline

With new entries being submitted daily, organisers of the Africa Architecture Awards have decided to extend the deadline to 14 July 2017... read

DR CONGO
DR Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak

KINSHASA - The Congolese health minister has declared the end of an Ebola outbreak in a remote northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo... read

COTE D'IVOIRE
Ivory Coast's Comoe park no longer endangered: UNESCO

UNESCO said on Tuesday, 4 July, that it had decided to remove Ivory Coast's Comoe National Park from its list of endangered world heritage sites after more than a decade of conservation efforts... read

KENYA
Kenya should be focused on recycling, not banning plastic bags

Leah Oyake-Ombis

Kenya recently announced a ban on one of the most common materials used in the country's packaging sector - plastic bags... read

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