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Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan sign accord on Nile dam Three countries sign deal amid fears that dam being built by Ethiopia would reduce water supply to Egypt and Sudan. AFP Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed on a preliminary deal on a controversial dam project that Cairo feared would reduce its share of vital waters […]

France, Germany and Italy have agreed to follow Britain’s lead and join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is a rival to the The World Bank, with headquarters in Washington D.C By Reuters SEOUL – A senior US diplomat said it was up to individual countries to decide on joining […]

Britain seeks to join China-backed infrastructure bank AFP Britain announced hopes to become the first major Western country to join a Chinese-led development bank on Thursday, drawing a concerned response from Washington. The $50 billion Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has been feted by Beijing as a way of financing regional development, and is seen […]

Nigeria’s capital city builds a new iconic structure -Millenium Tower The Millennium Tower and Cultural Centre project is located in the capital city of Abuja. The tower is designed by Manfredi Nicoletti, an Italian architect, and is part of the Nigeria National Complex which includes the Nigeria Cultural Centre and Municipal Building. Construction progress Rendering of […]

Scientists in Italy discover “hiding place” of HIV virus in cells International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology An important advancement has been made in the ICGEB Trieste laboratories where an international team of researchers, headed by Prof. Mauro Giacca, has photographed the structure of nucleic lymphocites to discover the “hiding place” of HIV-1 that […]

Africans look to Chinese-built east Africa railway network Xinhua NAIROBI- African people are awaiting a Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project set to run from Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa to Rwanda’s capital Kigali through Uganda, the latest in a spate of efforts to facilitate transportation and boost trade in the eastern Africa region. It […]

New Zealand’s Martin Jetpack inventor company listed on Australian stock exchange Glenn Martin’s jetpack dream achieves lift-off as Martin Aircraft IPO rises on debut New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft Company is already taking orders for ‘world’s first practical jetpack able to be flown by a pilot or via remote control’ Sally Rose The Sydney Morning Herald […]

Kenya could export crude oil next year By Jevans Nyabiage The Standard Kenya could be an oil exporting country as early as next year, as it races ahead of Uganda, which discovered the resource about nine years ago. UK-based oil and gas exploration firm, Tullow, is pressing on with plans to start producing oil in […]

Boston 2024 releases its Olympic Bid renderings Boston 2024, the private nonprofit behind the city’s bid, released the presentation materials it gave to the U.S. Olympic Committee during its bid in December 2014. Below are renderings of potential Boston 2024 venues. ____________ Potential Boston 2024 Olympic facilities ___________ Boston 2024 Olympic districts Click images below […]

Canada releases its annual population estimates for metropolitan areas, July 1, 2014 Release date: February 11, 2015 Source: Statistics Canada On July 1, 2014, almost 7 in 10 Canadians, or 24,858,600 people, were living in a census metropolitan area (CMA). In turn, more than one in three Canadians (35.3%) made their home in Canada’s three […]