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African news, analysis and opinion – theafricareport.com 21 Jul. FOLLOW US ON : Nicholas Norbrook Nigeria: Cementing Dangote's reputation Dangote Cement Commands around two thirds of Nigeria's market share. The nearest competitor, Lafarge, has around 10-15%. Read more ... Janet Shoko Zimbabwe court ruling fuels mass job losses Struggling Zimbabwean companies have started firing workers enmasse after the Supreme Court ruled that employers can terminate contracts after giving three months' notice. Read more ... Dasmani Laary in Accra Ghana: Fuel prices dipping as currency recovery picks up The recovery of Ghana's currency – the cedi – after months of depreciation against major foreign currencies has triggered a fall in the retail prices of petroleum products. Read more ... International Federation for Human Rights The Hissene Habre affair: Timeline 20 July marked the first time in the history of Africa when a former Head of State faced a court on the continent accused of crimes against humanity, torture and war crimes. It took fifteen years to prepare for the trial of Chad's former leader, Hissene Habre, whose bloody regime prosecuting judges say killed thousands. The once feared Habre is being tried in Dakar, Senegal. Below is a timeline of the fight to bring him to justice. Read more ... REUTERS Telecoms: Bharti Airtel has no plans to exit Africa Bharti Airtel Ltd, the biggest Indian cellphone carrier, has no plans to exit Africa, it said on Tuesday, despite announcing exclusive talks with France's Orange to sell four of its units on the continent. Read more ... REUTERS Guinea-Conakry: SMB-WAP begins bauxite exports Guinea-Conakry's government says a Guinean-Chinese consortium, SMB-WAP, started exporting bauxite from the west African country at the beginning of the week. Read more ... George Obulutsa in Nairobi Kenya: Equity Bank starts mobile pay service to challenge Safaricom Kenya's Equity Bank is stepping up competition to telecoms firm Safaricom's money transfer product after it vowed to press ahead with offering mobile phone transfer services. Read more ... Brenda Goh in Shanghai Banking: BRICS bank, NDB launches in Shanghai Also known as the BRICS bank, the New Development Bank (NDB), launched on Tuesday, follows soon after the establishment of the China-led Asian Investment Infrastructure Bank (AIIB). Read more ... © THE AFRICA REPORT 2014 www.theafricareport.com 57 bis rue d'Auteuil, 75016 Paris, France CONTACTS: web.editorial@theafricareport.com publisher@theafricareport.com advertising@theafricareport.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA : ​You're receiving this information because you have subscribed to The Africa Report daily newsletter Web Version | Preferences |

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The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
When the white man came we had the land and they had the bibles; now they have the land and we have the bibles.
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