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...Fick’s rhetoric is sure to make some roll their eyes. Officials at Huawei, for example, insist American politicians’ obsession with the Chinese telecoms group is misplaced....
...In May, the leaders of the G7 nations commissioned a working group to harmonise regulatory regimes dubbed the Hiroshima AI Process....
...Nestlé was one of a number of multinational consumer groups, from Unilever to Diageo, that poured hundreds of millions of dollars into their African operations when the continent’s consumption-driven growth...
...But the group — which has $162bn of assets under management — has not announced any investments in Nigerian companies over this period....
...The 2017 projection compares to the 2.9 per cent growth the group had previously forecast in its last report....
...French dairy producer Danone is continuing its push into Africa with a $25m investment, together with private equity firm Abraaj Group, in west Africa-based Fan Milk, the companies said on Tuesday....
...Ms Ezekwesili said her group had asked Mr Buhari twice to place “the parents at the centre of the process” to help the girls recover once they were freed....
...But as more areas have opened up for aid groups, the scale and severity of the famine have become more evident....
...The girls were among 300 kidnapped by the militant group in the town of Chibok over three years ago....
...Aid groups delivering its rations say the agency is plagued by logistical problems that often accompany such a quick scale-up....
...Steve Manteaw, director of the Integrated Social Development Centre, another local group, said licensing loopholes exploited in recent years may be difficult to close....
...“Forcados has been down for too long,” said Dolapo Oni, head of energy research at Nigeria’s Ecobank Group....
...Though overseas aid accounts for less than 1 per cent of the US budget, it is vital for aid groups such as the International Committee of the Red Cross....
...Oluseun Onigbinde, co-founder of BudgIT, a civil society group, says OPL 245 should be forfeited by Eni and Shell....
...The group recorded organic net sales growth of 17 per cent for spirits in Africa last year, but organic net sales of beer declined 1 per cent....
...The emails were secured by the anti-corruption groups Global Witness and Finance Uncovered and first reported by BuzzFeed....
...It came as Phuthuma Nhleko, the group’s chairman, was in Abuja to meet Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s vice-president, who is running the country in President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence....
...A group of English-speaking lawyers, including Nkongho Felix Agbor-Balla, head of Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium, were arrested for leading protests and will stand trial in Yaoundé before a...
...A handful of peace deals signed before the conflict formally ended have only been partially implemented — one reason why some groups within and outside the army believe the state is in debt to them....
...This could help the group learn and improve its relationships with regulators in other countries where it operates, observers say....
...Before the Nigerian armed forces launched its offensive against the Islamist militant group in early 2015, Boko Haram fighters controlled territory roughly the extent of Belgium....
...“This is historic,” said Simon Taylor of Global Witness, the anti-corruption and human rights group. “Now Shell and Eni are finally facing consequences.”...
...The International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think-tank, warned in October of a “chaotic” chain of command in the army, with units run by former warlords in conflict....
...The result is a discordant mix of rival groups loyal to ex-warlords and rebel leaders, some of whom have been elected or appointed into government since Mr Ouattara took office in 2011....
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