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Canada: Highrise in downtown Edmonton arena district will be city’s tallest building By Dave Lazzarino Edmonton Sun Three years from now, Edmonton’s skyline is going to look mighty different. Stantec, one of the city’s largest design and consulting firms, announced Tuesday it will be moving its offices in 2018 to what will be the city’s […]

China pours $2.5 billion (U.S.) into Tanzania East African Business Week DAR ES SALAAM — China said that its current investments in Tanzania have reached $2.5 billion. This makes them the second largest investor in the country. The Economic and Commercial Representation of China in Tanzania said the two countries bilateral trade volume topped $3.7 […]

Newest Istanbul airport likely to bear Erdogan’s name The new facility, which would be Istanbul’s third and largest international airport, would not be the first named after the sitting prime minister. Haaretz Istanbul’s newest international airport will likely be named after Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the country’s prime minister and president-elect. “He has given so much […]

Scottish independence referendum: one month to go- September 18 The Scotsman ONE month today voters in Scotland will go to the polls to say yes or no to independence from the United Kingdom. On Thursday September 18 the electorate will be asked to answer the single question “Should Scotland be an independent country?” It marks […]

Indonesia’s 69th Independence Day Indonesia gained independence from the Netherlands in 1945 Channel News Asia JAKARTA: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice-President Boediono led Indonesia’s 69th Independence Day celebrations in Jakarta on Sunday (Aug 17). For Dr Yudhoyono, the celebrations hold a special sentimental meaning. It was Dr Yudhoyono’s last time leading the Independence […]

Four in 10 of the world’s people will be African by the end of this century UNICEF released a report August 13, 2014 where it projected the growth of Africa’s child population within the next century. UNICEF Africa, already the world’s second most populous continent with over 1 billion inhabitants, is experiencing a demographic shift […]

Angola Hosts Bureau of Ministers for Mineral Resources in Africa Angola Press LUANDA— Angola will host the first meeting of the Bureau of Ministers Responsible for Mineral Resources in Africa scheduled for Wednesday in Luanda aimed at reviewing the institutionalization and sustainability progress of the Central African on Mining Development Process, launched in Maputo in […]

2014 U.S.-Africa Leadership Summit President Obama in August will welcome leaders from across the African continent to the Nation’s Capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the first such event of its kind in the United States for African leaders. This Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state […]

Nigeria: Abuja public transportation light rail on track to open in 2015 BY Lara Adejoro Daily Times The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has promised that the Abuja Light Rail Project would be completed in the third quarter of next year. The minister, who made the promise during an inspection tour of the rail […]

RIMPAC: The world’s largest multinational maritime military exercises Held every two years by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), RIMPAC 2014 is a multinational maritime exercise that takes place in and around the Hawaiian Islands. This year’s RIMPAC exercise, the 24th in the series that began in 1971, is scheduled from June 26 to August 1, […]