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For getting Mehul Chokasi bank CBI and ED team ready to leave for Caribbean country: Sources

27/01/2019 News

(G.N.S) Dt. 27 New Delhi Investigating agencies are preparing to apprehend the diamond businessman Mehul Choksi, who is fleeing from the country …
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Latin America, Caribbean no longer leading sources of emigration

26/01/2019 News

The population of emigrants hailing from Latin American and Caribbean nations only saw 7 percent growth between 2010 and 2017, lagging behind a global emigration increase of 17 percent in the same time frame, the Pew Research Center reported Friday.

From 1990 to 2010, Latin American and Caribbean nations were the fastest-growing source of emigrants in the world. Those numbers have since dropped dramatically, largely because fewer people have been leaving Mexico.

Latin American migrants are coming to Argentina

Pew found that migrants’ destinations have shifted since 1990 as well. In 2017, Argentina was the top destination for the 16 percent of Latin Americans migrating within the region.

Between 1990 and 2017, the number of Latin American migrants living in Argentina…

Headquarters of West African G5 Sahel force in Mali attacked: sources

29/06/2018 News

Unidentified attackers raided the headquarters of an African military taskforce in central Mali on Friday, local and U.N. sources said.

There were no immediate details on the scale or impact of the assault on the base in the town of Sevare used by the G5 Sahel – a mission created last year to root out jihadist violence in West Africa’s semi-arid Sahel region.

The G5, which is made up of soldiers from Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mauritania, did not respond to requests for comment.

Violence by Islamist militants has proliferated in the sparsely-populated Sahel in recent years, with groups linked to al…

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Headquarters of West African G5 Sahel force attacked -sources

29/06/2018 News

BAMAKO: The headquarters of the G5 Sahel regional military force in central Mali was attacked on Friday by unknown assailants, local and U.N. peacekeeping mission sources told Reuters.

The G5 is a taskforce of soldiers from Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mauritania created last year to root out jihadist violence in West Africa’s semi-arid Sahel region.

(Reporting By Souleymane Ag Anara; Writing by Aaron Ross; Editing by Catherine Evans)

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Forces Attack African Military Base in Central Mali: Sources

29/06/2018 News

BAMAKO (Reuters) – Unidentified attackers raided the headquarters of an African military taskforce in central Mali on Friday, local and U.N. sources …
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Underutilized Protein Resources From African Legumes – Sustainable Protein Sources

23/05/2018 News

2017, Pages 197–208

Edited By Sudarshan R. Nadathur, Janitha P.D. Wanasundara and Laurie Scanlin

Abstract

There are a number of underutilized legume crops (marama bean, bambara groundnut, cowpea, pigeon pea, yambean, and lablab) in Africa, which due to their rich nutritional profile, high adaptability to adverse climatic conditions, and ability to grow in poor soils are highly advantageous for sustainable cultivation. Among these, marama bean (Tylosema esculentum) and bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) are two nutritionally important underutilized legume crops of Africa. Due to their high drought tolerance and excellent nutritional profile comparable to commercially available legume crops (soybean, peanut, and navy…

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