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STAKEHOLDERS MOVE TO IMPROVE LIVESTOCK MOVEMENT IN WEST AFRICA
by The African Press Organization on Apr 23, 2012
ABUJA, Nigeria, April 23, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — West African agriculture stakeholders have intensified measures to improve the seasonal movement of livestock (transhumance) in order to boost the economies of ECOWAS Member States. The measures were agreed by the ECOWAS Technical Committee on Trans-boundary diseases at a three-day meeting held in Accra, Ghana 9th [...]
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RICE CULTIVATIONS BOOM WITH PIWAMP’S TIMELY INTERVENTION
by Amat JENG on Apr 23, 2012
As women in rural Gambia traditionally continue to survive on their rice fields, which are cultivated annually, any help to extend these fields for wider cultivation or tap on untapped areas, would be received by warm hands. This is what the Participatory Integrated Watershed Management Project (PIWAMP) has done in the Central River Region (CRR) [...]
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US INCREASES VISA FEES TO RECOVER ADMINISTRATIVE CHALLENGES
by Amat JENG on Apr 23, 2012
With effect from 13 April 2012, the United States has adjusted visa processing fees for most non-immigration visa applications and Border Crossing Cards. A release from the US Embassy in Banjul states: “The Department is required to recover, as far as possible, the cost of processing visas through the collection of application fees. For a [...]
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Eco Atlantic lists on the Namibian Stock Exchange
by AfricaBusiness.com on Apr 21, 2012
TORONTO /PRNewswire/ – ECO (ATLANTIC) OIL AND GAS LTD. (TSX-V:EOG) Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. (“Eco Atlantic” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Canadian oil and gas exploration Company has listed on the Namibian Stock Exchange (“NSX”). The Company fulfilled all the requirements to complete the dual – listing of 100% [...]

