10 Libya ($36.874bn) –Libya has the largest proven oil reserves in Africa and the state-run industry is dominated by the National Oil Corporation. Over half of its GDP and all its export earnings derive from the petroleum sector. Agriculture plays a large part in the overall economy nonetheless, Libya remains dependent on imports for most of its food requirements.
9 Ghana ($37.158bn) – Among the top ten fastest growing economies in the world, Ghana’s industrialisation is going some way to fuel that growth. It operates a diverse range of sectors including manufacturing, exporting digital technology goods, ship construction and is rich in hydrocarbons and industrial minerals. Telecommunications play a vibrant role in the country’s economic success and the mass media of Ghana is among the most liberal in Africa.
8 Tunisia ($46.360bn) – Tunisia has been going through a period of economic transformation with its reform programme which has seen the government liberalize priced, reduce tariffs and lower debt-service-to-exports and debt to GDP ratios. It has also formed agreement with the European Union removing tariff and other trade barriers on most goods. Its main industries are oil, phosphates, agri-food products, car parts manufacturing and tourism.
7 Sudan (64.750bn) – Often described as the Arab world’s food basket, Sudan accounts for 45 percent of arable land in the Arab world. However, its 84 million hectares of arable land but currently less than 20 percent of it is cultivated. A potentially vibrant agricultural sector is hindered by infrastructure and finance problems. Its primary resources are cotton and peanuts of which it is a major exporter.
6 Morocco ($99.241bn) –Moroccans’ quality of life is second only to South Africans according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s quality-of-life index. A robust economy based on supply and demand, today it is enjoying a yearly growth of between four and five percent. Its thriving services sector accounts for just over half of GDP while industry comprising mining, construction and manufacturing make up an additional quarter.
5 Angola ($100.9bn) – Despite having one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, the majority of Angolans are still poor, with a third of the population relying on subsistence agriculture. Following the end of the Angolan Civil War in 2002, the country enjoyed rapid GDP growth but has had to work hard to repair ravaged infrastructure and weakened political and social institutions. It has extensive oil and gas reserves as well as diamonds.
4 Algeria ($190.7bn) – Oil, gas and mineral-rich Algeria’s economy is expected to grow by 4.0 percent this year. Exports of oil and gas account for 97 percent of its total exports and the country produces a wide range of minerals the most productive of which are iron and zinc. Some 14 percent of the workforce are employed by agriculture although Algeria is largely dependent on imported food, some 45 percent.
3 Egypt ($235.7bn) – The country has a stable economy and enjoys continuous growth averaging 4-5 percent in the past 25 years. It has recently gone under a number of reforms which has helped the country towards achieving a more market-oriented economy. It boasts significant mineral and energy resources including petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, gold and iron and ore. However, a mainstay gas been its tourism market which contributes one percent to the world tourism market.
2 South Africa ($408bn GDP) – country’s GDP rates has almost tripled since 1996, which saw the end of a 12-year period of international sanctions against the country. With its mixed economy, South Africa was last year ranked as the top African Country of the Future by FDi magazine based on the country’s economic potential, labour environment, cost effectiveness, infrastructure, business friendliness and foreign direct investment strategy.
1 Nigeria ($509.9 billion) – At the time of publishing the Nigerian Government issued new GDP figures putting its current rate at $509.9billion, effectively surpassing South Africa as the number one economy.
The new figures put Nigeria as 24th in the list of the world’s biggest economies and is as a result of a process known as rebasing. GDP is usually measured by reference to the shape of the economy in a “base” year and Nigeria’s was hopelessy out of date by taking a snapshot of its economy in 1990.
Since then the mineral-rich country has seen a range of industries growing rapidly particularly in the services sector with the rapid growth in telecommunications and the advent of mobile phones.
Manufacturing has also expanded across the country with factories that have opened since 1990 now included. There has also been a huge increase in the number of small businesses operating in Nigeria, believed to have escalated ten-fold.
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Lawrensia is a writer,blogger,model,researcher and also interested in motivating and Inspiring.
BREAD SELLER TURNED MODEL GIVES BACK TO HER ROOT
Former bread seller turned 
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She shared photos of herself sharing food and other items to the poor in the slums and wrote;
“Happy New Year Fam. I don’t have a lot but as much as I can I will do what is possible to make life more bearable for others.
#Sluminvasion by @qtabyevents was a new experience for me & a reminder of where I come from.
God bless aunty TY @tybello & bless everyone who remembers to help people that can’t help them in return.
#sluminvasion #empowerment #skillacquisition”
CULTIST KILLED IN DELTA.
- The President/Commander of Anticult Volunteer Corps (AVC), Delta State, Austyne Emu, in story he shared alongside pho
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, claimed that an alleged notorious cultist identified as Imadu reportedly got killed for decamping to another cult group.
According to him, Imadu who was a hitman for Eiye Cult Group was killed on Christmas Day in Utagbe-Ogbe community, Kwale Town, Delta State, for decamping to Baggar Cult Group.
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“As a result to the recorded violent cult related activities which in time past took lives and perceived unending, here comes the continuation of the previously reported clash.
The killings between Baggars and Eiye cult groups which AVC was made handicapped in handling due to lack of support from supposed resourceful indigenes, Delta State Government and conflicting Anti-Cultism/Anti-Terrorism Laws of Delta State.
The deceased who is known to be very notorious was a hitman member of Eiye Cult Group before he cross-carpet to become a member of Baggar Cult Group and as well became a hitman but luck ran out on him as he was supposedly killed by suspected members of Eyie Cult Group on the Eve of Christmas.
He was termed to be notorious but remain human who would’ve become someone useful if he was rehabilitated and enlightened to living a positive and resourceful life.
AVC will only try her human possible best to continually ensuring a crime free yulitide season in entire Delta State but seek for Deltans to endeavour in avoiding and reporting any criminal activities to any available security agency or agent to boost our efficiency in delivering our selfless services.
We can not relient in bringing to justice anyone found wanted in violent cult related activities as investigation are currently yielding results regarding the recent clash in Kwale Town.
AVC remains open and willing to assist in all forms to *ensure an amendment of the existing ANTI CULTISM/ANTI TERRORISM LAWS of Delta State which ought to clearly state actual sanctions to the crime actors.”
Pregnant Nigerian woman murdered in Ghana
BY GBOYEGA ADEOYE
She was in the throes of childbirth and needed to get to the hospital fast. Gripped by an excruciating pang of labour, she held her aching waist and hobbled towards the bus station, eager to catch a cab to take her to hospital fast. Just then, a ‘Good Samaritan’, a neighbour named Abdul, drove out of nowhere and offered to help her to the bus stop. She heaved a sigh of relief.
“Help has come at last,” Amina Usman, a Nigerian mother of four girls, who was about to deliver her first boy, must have intoned.
Unknown to her, she had just boarded a car driven by a Satan incarnate who took her to destination death.
In his dark and clandestine search for either power or wealth or both, the brute drove the hapless pregnant woman in labour to a bush. What happened next is the stuff…
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Man beheads elderly man at his farm this morning in Benue (graphic pic)
This happened this morning at Itakpa -Ito village beside Otukpo town, Benue State. A man was found with the head of an elderly man he’d killed at his farm… he was apprehend by youths in the village who took him to the station. The picture was taken inside the police station. Why he beheaded the man has not been confirmed. See the graphic pic after the cut…
How Teenager Killed 4-year-old Boy In Lagos, Removed His Kidney And Intestine
A 16-year-old boy, Tajudeen Azeez, has been arrested by the Lagos state police command for allegedly killing a four-year-old boy in Ijaniki area of the state.
Azeez reportedly removed the deceased’s intestine and kidney after killing him. He was said to have lured the deceased to the back of an Anglican primary school, in the morning and committed the murder there, Daily Trust reports.
Giving his statement at the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Yaba, where he is being detained, the suspect said one Osho promised to give him N50,000 if he could provide him with fresh human parts.
“At first, I did not want to succumb to the temptation but it kept coming. When I woke up this morning (Monday), I saw Ibrahim at the back of the house. I told him to escort me to a primary school not too far from the…
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HAHAHA WARNING TO ALL LADIES – Groom ‘Sues New Wife For Fraud’ After Seeing Her Without Make Up For First Time
A man who saw his new wife for the first time without make up is reportedly SUING her for trauma, after being shocked at her appearance.
The unnamed couple had just got married in Algeria and after spending the night together, the husband woke up to find his wife bare faced.
But rather than admire her natural beauty, instead the man REFUSED to believe the woman was his wife, believing her to be a thief.
Finally realising that this was in fact the woman he loved, the man is now allegedly suing her for fraud and “psychological suffering”.
A source told Emirates 247: “He said he was deceived by her as she used to fill up her face with make up before their marriage.
“He said she looked very beautiful and attractive before marriage, but when he woke up in the morning and found that she had washed the make-up…
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Chris Brown Stopped From Leaving Philippines
Chris Brown has been stopped from leaving the Philippines over allegations of fraud.
The Grammy-winning singer was prevented from leaving on a private plane from Manila on Wednesday, pending clearance by the Bureau of Immigration.
He performed to a packed concert on Tuesday night in the capital.
Brown and his promoter face the allegations over a cancelled concert last New Year’s Eve.
The singer scrapped the concert at the 55,000-seat Philippine Arena at the last minute, reportedly because he lost his passport the day before the scheduled event.
The religious group that owns the arena had petitioned the Department of Justice for help prosecuting Brown.
Both the singer and his promoter, John Michael Pio, were placed on the bureau’s “lookout bulletin” on the instruction of the Department of Justice.
The bulletin directs the Bureau of Immigration to “take prudent steps to verify on the status of the criminal case against…
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Cristiano Ronaldo could return to Manchester United
The last time Manchester United tried to bring Cristiano Ronaldo home, it didn’t work. This time, he might be ready to leave Real Madrid.
This was mostly ignored — not because of any lack of credibility on Krakauer’s part, but quite the opposite. In follow-up tweets, he said that while his source has given him great information in the past, he was skeptical about this particular transfer. But slowly, over the next day, that rumor got some more legs.
Later in the day, during training, Ronaldo got visibly upset with coach Rafa Benitez. He didn’t like a training game, saying “we shouldn’t be practicing this s—“, and said Rafa only saw fouls from the Portuguese-speaking players. Now, the…
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