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Tunisia milk market 'collapsing' as feed prices soar

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Noura paces around the center of Tunis in search of milk. "When I find it, I can not buy more than two bricks," she said about a shortage that illustrates the plight of a sector "in slow collapse. The Tunisian market absorbs 1.8 million…
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U.S.'s Yellen tours Ford Assembling plant in Pretoria, hails Africa's economic potential

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US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen toured Thursday (Jan. 26) a Ford Motor plant in the South African capital. The plant is one of two in the country. Earlier that day, she met the Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Yellen's stop to…
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Ghana extends Domestic Debt Exchange deadline for 3rd time

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Ghana has for the third time extended the deadline of the debt exchange programme to Jan. 31, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said on Monday. The extension is to allow the government to build consensus while they engage with stakeholders’…
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Nigeria Restricts Cash Withdrawal to $44 a Week Per Individual

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Nigeria has officially restricted massive cash withdrawals from the bank beginning Monday the 9th January in an effort to cool off inflation. Nigerians will only be allowed to withdraw 44 dollars per week per individual and $11,000 for…
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Cameroonian fishery products banned in EU – Commission

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The European Commission on Thursday (Jan. 05) banned imports of seafood caught in Cameroon’s waters, or caught by ships flagged there, and it labeled the central African country as "non-cooperating" in the fight against illegal, unreported…