Sentences with phrase «african countries»

He said it was refreshing that many African countries had held democratic elections that were seen as free and fair.

He further urged African countries to deepen trade among member state.

We have millions of Ghanaians living in these African countries and that important fact must be noted.

«Most of the arrests were made in the border towns of two African countries: Benin and Niger Republics.

He expressed his belief in the advancement of African countries and admonished all African leaders and Africans at large to continue working towards deepening democratic consolidation in their respective countries to progress and develop.

African countries are pretty well united under China.

This provides a more empowering framework for oil production in African countries.

English does serve as a kind of de facto lingua franca in a number of international settings, but it is not, from what I have read, taught universally in South America, many African countries, or in parts of Asia, at least not at an early age for effective language acquisition (and I am unaware of any evidence that English is projected to take over in a reasonable period of time on its own; I have read that in Southeast Asia, for example, emphasis may even be shifting to Chinese).

Recounting Nigeria's leadership role in the liberation of African countries from colonial domination, the President said:» It is a national duty to support our African brothers in their time of need.»

There is a clear problem of assuming that research conducted in the DRC will be helpful in implementing logistics - training programs in other African countries.

Of all the African countries that were included in the survey, Ghana ranked highest.

@Chad Oh yes, the US started aid to several Middle East and North African countries after the start of the War on Terror.

In a statement signed by the Director of Communications at the presidency, Eugene Arhin, it said, «the forum will bring together CEOs of the largest African and international companies, political decision makers from more than 40 African countries and investors on the continent».

I have also been one of the directors of a company that introduced Red Bull Energy Drink into Ghana and other West African countries,» Mr Woyome answered.

The bank controls significantMARKET share in 19 different African countries.

Cuomo, who earlier called the president's comments «ugly» and «repulsive,» condemned two GOP senators — David Perdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas — who say they either did not hear or do not recall Trump using a vulgar word to describe African countries.

A Senate Democrat is joining the chorus of calls for travel restrictions from African countries with Ebola outbreaks.

In an Oval Office meeting with congressional lawmakers this month, Trump reportedly derided protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries.

«Yakubu is currently leading a team of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) on an official fact - finding mission to some West African countries, in his capacity as the body's President,» he explained.

More or less competitive elections were held in dozens of African countries.

At Indaba this year, over 1747 buyers from countries all over the world experienced the authentic spirit and soul of the continent of Africa, capitalized on the opportunity to immerse in the culture and traditions of no less than 22 exhibiting African countries.

As life gradually returns to normal in much of the country and the northeast in particular, agriculture will resume and traders from neighbouring African countries will once again feel safe to do business with us - yet another boost for our economy.

Ghana is closely followed by Bulgaria with 74.2 %, while other African countries like Kenya and Ethiopia also made up the top 5.

Through an analysis of documents between 1970 and 1996, the authors of the book discovered that for every dollar of money loaned to African countries, as much as 80 cent departed the country in the form of capital flight that very year.

Some undercover CNN journalists showed what looked like migrants from West African countries being haggled over as «merchandise» by smugglers operating in what has become a haven for illicit trafficking networks.

It is important not to lose sight of the political and economic functions of the system of haggling in African countries and the context that enables the informal economy to thrive.

But neither the African governmental officials nor the private foreign banks who made the decision to loan in the first place lose out, as European and North American governments step in to provide further financial assistance for African countries as they begin to lapse on loan repayments: «In effect, public money from the governments of industrialised countries -LSB-...] helped to bail out the private creditors» (p. 33).

Despite the bottom of the index being dominated by low - income African countries such as Central African Republic (142), Chad (143) and Niger (144), some countries on the continent performed well.

In fact, history has shown that immense amounts of money flow into African countries every year from foreign lending institutions has not provided development for local people.

The preacher said the Ghana and most African countries would virtually be empty if the United States Embassy decided to give free visas for just a week.

In Act III, African countries are required to repay debts for funds that were never used for their benefit and resources are expropriated from African economies and livelihoods for this repayment.

On the contrary, foreign investors are encouraged to participate in the system of thievery because it is exceptionally profitable and because foreign governments will step in to assure the African countries do not default on debt repayments (this paradox is what economists call «asymmetric risk»).

He attributed the situation to the lack of hope by citizens of African countries, insisting the quest to move overseas is borne of hopelessness rather than adventure.

The card reader is to complement and confirm the integrity of the voter register and that is why the unusual moonlight figures of the past years are disappearing and, if those against the use of the card reader succeed through the court, that would be a major setback and total reversal of the reformative mileage we have covered as a country on election matters, a significant progress that has resulted in other African countries calling on Nigeria's INEC for assistance.

The party calls for a new plan for the introduction of «emotional intelligence» classes in schools, for the learning of foreign languages in schools, as well as the elaboration of a new «Plan Africa», which sets out to support African countries in their struggle to promote democracy, human rights, gender equality, and sustainable development.

Ghana was among the first group of Sub-Saharan African countries that established diplomatic relations with China, and the two countries have enjoyed decades of strong ties.

At a brief ceremony to mark the signing of the initiative, Foreign Affairs Minister, Hanna Tetteh, said the initiative will help Ghana and the other selected African countries build stronger institutions to counter emerging and existing security threats on the continent.

The $ 65 million deal — dubbed Security Governance Initiative (SGI)-- is an initiative by the US government to assist with efforts to improve security governance and capacity to counter threats in Ghana and five other African countries.

Most of our trade directions tilt towards Europe.Total trade among African countries is about 11 percent, the lowest compared with other regions of the world.»

President John Mahama has said his administration has made some tremendous gains which have become the envy of neighbouring African countries.

Yet the collapse of the political structures of several North African countries in the early 2011 was a huge blow for bilateral and multilateral cooperation mechanisms.

Given Turkey's predominantly Muslim population and its geographic location, the EU does not want to risk an influx of Muslim immigrants, simply put Turkey's accession would open a backdoor to Europe for immigrants from Arabic and African countries, at a time when immigration is an extremely hot issue in European countries and several countries have recently implemented anti-immigration laws that would seem extreme and unjustified a decade ago.

Over the past decade, many African countries have posted high growth rates, improved governance and business environments, and boast a growing middle class: the decade between 1999 and 2008 has been Africa's best in terms of expansion of GDP since the 1960s.

Interacting with journalists on the sidelines of sitting of the ECOWAS Parliament Wednesday, the lawmaker said the unpleasant political situation in some African countries compels the youth to «opt to walk across the Sahara to Libya.»

He, therefore, called on the Swedish government to come to the aid of Ghana and other African countries to solve the youth unemployment challenge.

He will also announce a new strategy on tackling malaria in Africa at the summit, committing the UK to halve deaths caused by the disease in at least ten African countries by 2015.

In regards to whether or not the president in fact called African countries and Haiti «shitholes,» Schumer said he has no doubt his colleague, Sen. Dick Durban, is telling the truth and Trump is not.

United Bank for Africa Plc is a leading financial services group in sub-Saharan Africa, with presence in 19 African countries, as well as the United Kingdom, the United States of America and France.

Nigeria recently passed a law criminalising homosexuality and several other African countries have expressed the desire to criminalise the act.

This notwithstanding, he indicated that Ghana has formed alliances with other West African countries to help prevent any possible terrorist attack in the country.