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Africa losing out on billions in trade: World Bank
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:12:29 -0800
Africa is losing out on billions of dollars in potential earnings every year because of high trade barriers on the continent, the World Bank said Tuesday.
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Barriers blunt trade within Africa: World Bank
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:55:34 -0800
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South African grocer Shoprite spends $20,000 a week in import permits to truck meat, milk and other goods to its stores in neighboring Zambia. One of its trucks may need as many as 1,600 documents to cross a border in southern Africa. Another major South African retailer Woolworths pays full tariffs to transport food and clothing to its franchise stores within the Southern ...
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Africa losing out billions in trade
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:34:43 -0800
World Bank slams trade barriers on continent. 8 Feb 2012 12:22 PM
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Africa losing billions in trade
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:49:53 -0800
World Bank report recommends continent reduce trade barriers. 8 Feb 2012 3:47 PM
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Africa: Africa Loses Billions to Non-Exploitation of Cross-Border Trade - World Bank
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:11:41 -0800
[Leadership] A new World Bank report released yesterday, has revealed that African countries have been losing out on billions of dollars in potential trade earnings every year because of high trade barriers with neighboring countries.
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Students and faculty continue to show support for Africa
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:54:19 -0800
Sharlene Simon, assistant director for research proposal development, looks over information about pine saplings that were being given away at the Africa Regional Reception, Tuesday, Jan. 31 The reception was held by the Office of International Affairs, and featured free pine saplings faculty and students visited the event.
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Central Africa: UNOCA and CAF Will Work Together to Promote Peace and Security in the Region
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:26:41 -0800
[CAF] The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abou Moussa, and the President of the African Football Confederation (CAF), Mr. Issa Hayatou, met on Tuesday 7 February in Libreville, on the margins of the 28 th African Cup of Nations (CAN) co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
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Research and Markets: Total Revenues in the Middle East and Africa Mobile Multimedia Market to rise to $2 billion in ...
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:03:00 -0800
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Swiss see spike in tobacco smuggling from Africa
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:41:02 -0800
Switzerland has seen a large-scale hike in cigarette-smuggling from Africa where prices are 10 times cheaper, a senior customs official said Wednesday.
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Central Africa: Africa Plans Regional Action Against Ugandan Rebels
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:25:24 -0800
ISS (Tshwane/Pretoria)-One ongoing peace and security issue facing Africa, as it concludes its 18th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of States and Governments of the African Union (AU) is the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda.
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