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in Big StoryBurkina Faso: African Leaders Pressure Army For Power Handover
The presidents of Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal are to visit Burkina Faso to press the military for a speedy handover of power to a civilian ruler. Representing the West African regional body, ECOWAS, Senegalese President Macky Sall, Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria and Ghana’s John Mahama are expected to arrive in the capital, Ouagadougou later today. […] More
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The Attraction of Investors
The FCT administration provides lots of incentives and the required enabling environment that make its offer irresistible The first phase of the land swap programme is oversubscribed. Over 40 investors, local and international, applied to participate out of which 15 were selected for the 16 districts in the phase one. That is about 300 […] More
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in InterviewWest Africa’s Productive Sector Under Threat
The subtle pressure by the European Commission, EC, may have spurred the ECOWAS Commission to renew negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreement, EPA, which has been stalled due to many contentious issues. The EC, last September, threatened to withdraw free market access to the European Union, EU, market by January 1, 2014 from countries that […] More
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