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Egypt To Showcase Special Suez Canal Industrial Zone
Added 124 Views / 0 LikesThe Suez Canal industrial area is one of the major projects that Egypt is hoping to showcase to investors during the G20 Summit. The industrial zone is in a prime location, east of Cairo, surrounded by six ports. It links Asia with Europe, Africa and the
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South Africa Finance Minister May Be Charged This Week For Alleged Graft
Added 117 Views / 0 LikesSouth Africa's Finance Minister Praveen Gordin may be charged this week for alleged graft. A local newspaper is reporting that 30 witnesses have been lined up to testify against Gordin and three former officials from the South African Revenue Service. Pol
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Libyan Forces Advance On Final ISIL Strongholds In Coastal City
Added 122 Views / 0 LikesAn offensive on the ISIL stronghold of Sirte, Libya on Sunday has left dozens of fighters killed. At least 34 soldiers are dead and more than 180 wounded. Leslie Mirungu has more on that story.
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Raising Awareness About The Importance Of Wildlife Conservation
Added 62 Views / 0 LikesSomething a little more colourful out of Kenya. This weekend, Run Wild took place in Nairobi, bringing together hundreds of Chinese and Kenyan nationals - in an effort to promote conservation. CCTV's Soni Methu was there too
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Rio Refugee Athletes Return To Warm Welcome In Nairobi
Added 118 Views / 0 LikesThe Rio games may be over, but the hope signified by the Olympic refugee team is going to take much longer to fade. Some of the athletes have returned to Kenya, where their families are living in refugee camps. CCTV's Leslie Mirungu has more.
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South Africa National Carrier Hopes To Raise $1 Billion From Financial Institutions
Added 120 Views / 0 LikesSouth Africa's cash-strapped national carrier plans to raise a billion dollars from financial institutions to pay off its debts. South African Airways is seeking both secured and unsecured funding. The carrier wants to start drawing down the amount within
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Senegal To Raise Concerns About Economic Growth In Africa
Added 61 Views / 0 LikesSenegal is one of the African countries that will be attending the G20 as a guest. President Macky Sall will travel to Hangzhou in the coming days. Earlier, CCTV sat down with the Senegalese Commerce Minister about the upcoming summit
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Somalia's Coastline Still Attracts Tourists Despite Terror Attack
Added 123 Views / 0 LikesOne of the most recent terror attacks in Mogadishu, took place on Liido beach. For years, it's been a popular attraction to both tourists and locals. But it's also become a symbol of hope in the fight against terrorism. CCTV's Abdulaziz Billow has more
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Tanzania Struggling National Carrier Plans To Relaunch
Added 122 Views / 0 LikesTanzania is in the process of relaunching its national carrier, after buying two new aircraft and advertising a number of new jobs. Air Tanzania was once the hope of the nation, but in recent years its business has dwindled to just one national route. Dan
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Sport Helps Refugees Integrate Into Ugandan Communities
Added 122 Views / 0 LikesAccording to the UN Refugee Agency, Uganda is the third-largest refugee-hosting country in Africa. But many are struggling to adapt to life in their new country. In Uganda's capital, Kampala, football has become a way of integrating into the community, as
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Violence Erupts In Zimbabwe After Anti Mugabe Protest
Added 49 Views / 0 LikesZimbabwe's riot police have fired tear gas and beaten up opposition protesters in central Harare. The demonstrators were demanding urgent electoral reforms ahead of 2018 polls. The High Court had issued an order sanctioning the march to go ahead. It is pa
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No 'Arab Spring' In Zimbabwe, Mugabe Warns Protesters
Added 127 Views / 0 LikesPresident Robert Mugabe has warned there will be no ‘Arab Spring’ in Zimbabwe after protests against his decades-long rule descended into violence on Friday. A so-called ‘mega demonstration’ was held in the capital Harare amid opponents’ outrage that the
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Zimbabwe 's Black Market Targets Women To Be Sold As Wives
Added 121 Views / 0 LikesZimbabwe 's black market targets women to be sold as wives
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Tanzania Set To Ban Plastic Bags
Added 122 Views / 0 LikesTanzania will ban the use of plastic bags from the start of 2017, as part of efforts to address a massive pollution problem. However, as Dan Ashby reports, plastic bags are widely used across the country and it's going to take a lot of work to get rid of
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British Botanists Striving To Prevent Extinction Of Flora And Fauna
Added 119 Views / 0 LikesUnsustainable agriculture in Madagascar is a serious threat to the island's plant population. And 90-percent of the country's flora and fauna isn't found anywhere else on earth. British botanists are working closely with communities in Madagascar to avoid
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Senegalese Women Embrace Urchins Fishing
Added 121 Views / 0 LikesIn Senegal, fishing for sea urchins has become one of the main economic activities for many women. However, it comes with great difficulties and risks at sea and often the women on the frontline don't generate as much money as the restaurant owners who bu
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Welcome to Lagos (1/3)
Added 3,525 Views / 0 LikesThree-part observational documentary series which explores life at the sharp end of one of the most extreme urban environments in the world: Lagos, Nigeria. Today, more than half the world's population live in cities, and this eye-opening series shows wha
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Welcome to Lagos (2/3)
Added 3,370 Views / 0 LikesLagos's version of Venice is a slum, built on water, called Makoko. This three-part observational series continues to explore one of the most extreme urban environments on the planet, by taking a trip into the lives of those who choose to live and work on
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Welcome to Lagos (3/3)
Added 3,216 Views / 0 LikesThis fascinating series continues to look at how people are adapting to modern city life in the 21st century by exploring the slums and ghettos of Lagos, Nigeria. More than 50 per cent of the world's population now live in cities, and that figure is expec
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Racism: A History (1/3)
Added 1,151 Views / 0 LikesA documentary which is exploring the impact of racism on a global scale, as part of the season of programmes marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery. Beginning by assessing the implications of the relationship between Europe, Africa and
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Racism: A History (2/3)
Added 1,071 Views / 0 LikesA documentary which is exploring the impact of racism on a global scale, as part of the season of programmes marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery. Beginning by assessing the implications of the relationship between Europe, Africa and
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Racism: A History (3/3)
Added 1,070 Views / 0 LikesA documentary which is exploring the impact of racism on a global scale, as part of the season of programmes marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery. Beginning by assessing the implications of the relationship between Europe, Africa and
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Saving Africa' s Witch Children
Added 978 Views / 0 LikesIn some of the poorest parts of Nigeria, where evangelical religious fervor is combined with a belief in sorcery and black magic, many thousands of children are being blamed for catastrophes, death and famine: and branded witches. Denounced as Satan made
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Zimbabwe: State of Denial
Added 915 Views / 0 LikesThirty years after becoming a nation, and 30 years after Robert Mugabe and ZANU PF came to power, Zimbabwe does not appear to have fulfilled the hopes that so many had at independence. Both ZANU PF and the MDC appear to be in a state of denial about the t
