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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 countries during the past Ethiopian 2018-2019 fiscal year, the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed. According to the ministry, the reported more than 24,700 Ethiopians who were detained in 19 foreign countries returned home after the Ethiopian government came into terms with respective countries. “The Ethiopian...

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 container terminal located in the port town of Walvis Bay was constructed on 40 hectares of land reclaimed from the sea by China Harbor Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) under just five years. The container handling capacity of the new terminal was increased from the current 350,000b container to 750,000 per annum....

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 ANC Deputy Secretary-General, Jessie Duarte confirmed that her party will continue to pursue the nationalization of the bank. Duarte made the remarks after the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) concluded its policy meeting in Pretoria. Duarte described the nationalization of the SARB as an ‘issue of sovereignty,’...

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 Minister of Trade Omar Behi, the Center for Export Promotion CEO Mohamed Lassad Laabidi, the President of the Sfax Chamber of Commerce and industry Ridha Fourati and a number of high level official, private sector and civil society representatives as well as members of Parliament were in attendance. According to the Minister...