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BY YESMAN ANTOH- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra, Ghana- THE ETHIOPIAN government has disclosed the repatriation of some 137,300 Ethiopian nationals, including prisoners and illegal migrants, from different foreign countries during the past one year. In addition to the repatriation of some 112,600 Ethiopian migrants to home from 12 foreign countries, the Ethiopian government also brought back home more than 24,700 Ethiopians who were imprisoned in different foreign...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Fire boats perform during the inauguration ceremony of the new container terminal in Walvis Bay, Namibia. Namibia’s ambitious effort to become an international trade hub and transition from one phase to another advanced further on Friday 2nd August 2019 with the official inauguration of the country’s $ 200 million new container terminal in Walvis Bay by the country’s President Hage Geingob. The new...

BY YESMAN ANTOH- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra, Ghana- A DEBATE has currently re-surfaced over the nationalization of South Africa’s Central Bank after the ruling African National Congress (ANC) threatened to put the bank ‘in the hands of the people of South Africa.’ The ANC’s attempt to nationalize the central bank, known as the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), must be stopped, the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) said. The DA made the statement after...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- The Economic Commission for Africa and the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Tunisia on Monday 29th July 2019 and on Wednesday the 31 July in Tunisia a meeting held at Sfax, the National Forum on the African Continental Free trade Area (AfCFTA) has bent on raising stakeholders awareness on the significant of a staunch ownership and involvement in the implementation of the AfCFTA; Tunisian...