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Investment Is Key to West Africa Renewable Energy Scheme

Investment Is Key to West Africa Renewable Energy Scheme  - Several renewable energy projects are being developed in the West Africa sub region to help reduce high dependence on fuel imports for power generation.

Russian oil threatens West African supplies to Asia

Russian oil threatens West African supplies to Asia  -  West Africa's biggest oil exports to Asia in almost two years are threatened by competing Russian supply and new refineries capable of processing  ...

Despite regional insecurity, West Africa's trade with India booms

Despite regional insecurity, West Africa's trade with India booms  - Despite the gradual breakdown of security in West Africa because of poor cooperation between its constituents, trade and commerce are booming between India  ...

EU Confirms Its Support for West Africa's Development and Integration

EU Confirms Its Support for West Africa's Development and Integration  - He added: "Our new support reflects our ongoing commitment to investing in West Africa . But we want to see the region and its countries in the driving seat - I  ...

How a nuclear agreement with Iran may change the region

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How a nuclear agreement with Iran may change the region  - Amidst the growing hopes in reaching a nuclear agreement with Iran following the recent Geneva talks, policy makers and analysts have begun to deliberate the  ...

Will the new Middle East integrate or collapse?

Will the new Middle East integrate or collapse?  - The idea of a new Middle East is not new. Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union there had been questions about the new order that is expected to rise in this  ...

Middle East failing to protect domestic workers

Middle East failing to protect domestic workers  - Montevideo, Uruguay – The Middle East depends heavily on domestic workers, but trails other regions in adopting critical reforms to protect their rights, the  ...

Taylor Wessing mulls triple Middle East opening to bolster presence ...

Taylor Wessing mulls triple Middle East opening to bolster presence ...  - Taylor Wessing is planning to dramatically increase its Middle East presence, with the firm eyeing launches in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar (pictured).

Middle East: US Official Confirms Israeli Warplanes Strike Syrian ...

Middle East : US Official Confirms Israeli Warplanes Strike Syrian ...  - Israeli warplanes struck a military base near the Syrian port city of Latakia, an Obama administration confirmed. The attack has yet been verified by the Israeli  ...

Middle East: Pullman Dubai Deira City Centre Overview

Middle East : Pullman Dubai Deira City Centre Overview  - The Pullman Dubai Deira City Centre hotel has emerged as a property geared toward staging innovative meetings, events and conferences following an  ...

The Middle East Channel: Syria's multipolar war

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The Middle East Channel: Syria's multipolar war  - Notwithstanding some speculation, Syria has become an intensely complex conflict. Militarily, the opposition currently consists of more than 1,000 armed  ...

EU 'deplores' new Israeli settlement plans

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EU 'deplores' new Israeli settlement plans  - Palestinian labourers work on a construction site in Ramat Shlomo, a religious Jewish settlement in an area of the occupied West Bank Israel annexed to  ...

Syria will become Middle East's Somalia if talks fail

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Syria will become Middle East's Somalia if talks fail  - BEIRUT — When Syrian President Bashar Assad met with the UN-Arab League envoy on Wednesday to discuss the possibility of peace talks that might bring an  ...

Middle East: Against the law

Middle East : Against the law  - Arabs across north Africa and the Middle East rose up nearly three years ago in large part to demand the justice denied them by governments dominated by  ...

Cervical cancer can be treated

Cervical cancer can be treated  - Women living with HIV are at a greater risk for developing cervical cancer. One woman tells OurHealth her story of battling one of the South Africa's deadliest  ...

`Only 30 percent of youth adequately informed on HIV`

`Only 30 percent of youth adequately informed on HIV `  - `Only 30 percent of youth adequately informed on HIV ` ... of girls and boys in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region have adequate knowledge of HIV .

First Baptist launches Bucket Project for Africa

First Baptist launches Bucket Project for Africa  - The plight for AIDS patients in Africa is dim. Of the nearly 23 million people living with HIV /AIDS in the Sub-Sahara, 1 million adults and children will die each  ...

Coca-Cola and (RED) Aspire to End Mother-to-Child HIV

Coca-Cola and (RED) Aspire to End Mother-to-Child HIV  - This is in addition to the $1 million donation Coca-Cola made earlier this year to the Global Fund to help finance HIV /AIDS programs in Africa . “We hold a  ...

Early antiviral treatment for HIV found to be 'cost-effective in India'

Early antiviral treatment for HIV found to be 'cost-effective in India'  - Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV -infected individuals- with ... such patients in both South Africa and India would be very cost-effective over the  ...

Early medication for HIV is cost-effective: Study

Early medication for HIV is cost-effective: Study  - Researchers chose to focus on South Africa and India because they had the highest numbers of people with HIV among nine countries studied in a clinical trial  ...

South African officials arrested over 'Aids drug scam'

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South African officials arrested over 'Aids drug scam'  - South Africa has one of the highest rates of HIV in the world and the country's health officials say it has the world's largest ARV drugs programme.

South Africa's poorest hooked on cocktail of heroin and anti-HIV drugs

South Africa's poorest hooked on cocktail of heroin and anti- HIV drugs  - BOKSBURG, South Africa — Mpho was a bored teenager growing up in the bleak sprawl of big city Johannesburg, with few opportunities and little to do for fun.

HIV increasing in Mideast and North Africa, says report

HIV increasing in Mideast and North Africa , says report  - While testing and treatment service for HIV are available in the region, a lack of awareness of the disease, as well as a fear of social discrimination often stops  ...

How Ready Is America Really for Gay-Themed Advertising?

How Ready Is America Really for Gay -Themed Advertising?  - The reaction is reminder that millions of Americans remain uncomfortable with the ... Gay may not be "the new black ," as some have argued, but the walls of the  ...

Eight Things You Might Not Have Known About LGBT African ...

Eight Things You Might Not Have Known About LGBT African ...  - "An estimated 1,018,700 (3.7 percent) of African - American adults consider themselves LGBT and 34 percent of African - American same-sex couples are raising  ...