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LIBERIA: Solid Waste Behavior Change Communication Workshop ends

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A One Day Solid Waste Behavior Change Communication Workshop has ended in Monrovia. The Workshop organized by the WASH R&E "Media" Network in partnership with WaterAid Liberia was intended for actors in the waste and sanitation sector to design a common message of awareness and communication to address the numerous issues confronting solid waste and sanitation issues in Greater Monrovia. Welcoming participants at the start of the Workshop, WaterAid Liberia Sanitation Coordinator, Grace Richardson reminded participants that the workshop should be used as a platform in designing messages to address solid waste and sanitation.

Nigerians await announcement of Presidential and National assembly election results

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The collation of yesterday's presidential and National Assembly elections results are ongoing across the country as citizens anxiously wait for a declaration of who will lead the country in another four years. The Independent National Electoral Commission's Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu earlier today  briefed the press and stakeholders including domestic and international election observers of reports of happenings during the elections across the country. Professor Mahmood commended Nigerians for their peaceful and patriotic conducts during the polls.

Nigeria: Cassava leaves, a potential foreign exchange earner

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National Root Canal Crops Research Institute (s), has proposed product diversification as a remedy to retain Nigeria’s position as one of the world’s leading producers of cassava. Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Institute, Prof. Ukpabi Joseph Ukpabi suggested during an interaction journalists at a Stakeholders  Workshop on the prevention of cassava brown streak disease in Nigeria put together by the West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) in Abuja.

Nigeria: ECOWAS Election Observer team commends INEC’s preparedness to conduct hitch free elections

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Ahead  of tomorrow's Presidential and National Assembly elections ECOWAS Election Observers Team has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for its readiness and ability to conduct the tomorrow's Presidential and National Assembly elections after the postponement of last Saturday's scheduled polls which got many people disappointed and talking. The team was also optimistic that the security agencies were capable of conducting a hitch free polls.

Emulate Magufuli – Barrick tells Africa

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AFRICAN countries have been advised to emulate Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli in efficient management of his country’s natural resources for the interest of his people. “I am African. We are all Africans. President Magufuli is absolutely doing the right thing. He ensures a wealth of natural resources is identified and benefits the Tanzanians, we are here because we are in total agreement with Honourable President,” says Dr Willem Jacobs, Barrick Gold’s Chief Operating Officer for Eastern and Central Africa on meeting Magufuli in Dar es Salaam this week.