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TRACE TV Launches in Nigeria

“It’s official! International music brand TRACE Urban TV comes to Anglophone Africa, founder Oliver Laouchez and Head, Sam Onyemelukwe to launch in Lagos Nigeria makes another leap in global entertainment reckoning with the official launch of the global TRACE brand in the country this month. TRACE Urban, the company’s #1 international urban music channel has …

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Wangari Maathai Dead at 71

“United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, President Obama, and other world leaders today paid tribute to Professor Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and one of Africa’s foremost environmental campaigners, who died on Sunday. She was 71. “It is with great sadness that the family of Professor Wangari Maathai announces her passing away on 25th September, …

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Sanusi Wins Sub-Saharan Africa Central Bank Governor of the Year- Again

“The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has been announced winner of the 2011 Central Bank Governor of the Year Award for Sub-Saharan Africa for the second consecutive year, by the international magazine Emerging Markets. The Emerging Markets Awards, an annual event alongside the IMF/World Bank annual meetings, was held …

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Video: United Nations General Assembly – President Barack Obama on Open Government: “The Essence of Democracy”

“This week, President Obama is in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly to meet with partners and address a range of issues with the international community, including open government. At the U.N. General Assembly last year, President Obama called on nations to make, “specific commitments to promote transparency, to fight corruption, to …