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Oct
13
2023
By The African Mirror
Egypt facilitating aid flights to Sinai for besieged Gaza

Egypt facilitating aid flights to Sinai for besieged Gaza

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EGYPT said it was directing international aid flights for Gaza to an airport in northern Sinai, though delivery of relief into the Palestinian enclave has so far been hampered by Israeli bombardments around the border. The Rafah crossing between Sinai and Gaza remained open, the Egyptian foreign ministry said, adding that Egypt had asked Israel to avoid targeting the Palestinian side of the crossing after strikes that prevented normal operations there. Israel's massive bombardment and imposition of a total siege on the Gaza Strip - after a devastating Hamas attack on Israel - has caused alarm in Egypt, which shares a border…
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Oct
13
2023
By The African Mirror
Senegal president names new finance, energy ministers in reshuffle

Senegal president names new finance, energy ministers in reshuffle

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SENEGALESE President Macky Sall named new finance and energy ministers as part of a government reshuffle four months ahead of elections. Sall dismissed the government and reappointed Prime Minister Amadour Ba on Friday, without explaining the reasoning behind the decision. Among other changes, former Interior Minister Antoine Diome, who was criticised by the opposition for the government's crackdown on widespread protests earlier this year, was appointed oil and energy minister. Senegal will next year begin producing oil and gas from large offshore fields which are expected to transform the West African country's economy over the coming decades. Mamadou Moustapha Ba…
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Oct
13
2023
By CYNTHIA ROTICH, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Mushroom millionaires in the making, thanks to this 62-year-old expert

Mushroom millionaires in the making, thanks to this 62-year-old expert

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IN a cosy workshop in Eldoret in western Kenya, Jackton Onyango Otieno, a down-to-earth, 62-year-old mushroom expert is completely engrossed in the delicate art of preparing a proper mushroom substrate. Around him is huddled a group of eager youths, taking in his every word. Judging by the regular smiles, Otieno's energy and passion for sharing his expertise is infectious and he clearly finds joy in sharing his expertise and nurturing the next generation of mushroom enthusiasts. Despite the sense of jollity in the workshop, however, there's a deadly serious reason why Otieno is keen to disseminate his knowledge as widely…
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Oct
12
2023
By The African Mirror
Britain’s King Charles to acknowledge ‘painful’ past in state visit to Kenya

Britain’s King Charles to acknowledge ‘painful’ past in state visit to Kenya

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Britain's King Charles and his wife Camilla will travel to Kenya for a four-day state visit at the end of this month where he will acknowledge "painful aspects" of its colonial past, Buckingham Palace said. It will be the third foreign trip by the royals since Charles became king following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth in September last year, and their first to a nation in the Commonwealth, the voluntary association which he also heads. The destination is particularly symbolic for Charles as his late mother was in Kenya on a royal tour with her husband Prince Philip…
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Oct
12
2023
By SAM TOBIN and MICHAEL HOLDEN
UK top court suggests months until it gives Rwanda migrant plan decision

UK top court suggests months until it gives Rwanda migrant plan decision

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Report this ad Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionals Reuters home World Business Markets Sustainability Legal Breakingviews More My View MZ World UK top court suggests months until it gives Rwanda migrant plan decision BRITAIN'S Supreme Court said it would be a couple of months before it gives its decision on whether the government could go ahead with its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. Lawyers for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government have been arguing over three days this week that the court should overturn a June ruling that the scheme to send thousands of asylum seekers more…
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Oct
13
2023
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s president nominates new head of anti-graft agency

Nigeria’s president nominates new head of anti-graft agency

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NIGERIS'S president nominated a lawyer to head its anti-graft agency after President Bola Tinubu suspended the previous chief amid corruption allegations, his spokesperson said. Tinubu's nomination of Ola Olukoyede, a former chief of staff to the previous head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), comes four months after he suspended indefinitely Abdulrasheed Bawa for alleged abuse of office. The EFCC is tasked with investigating and prosecuting graft in Africa's largest oil exporter and biggest economy, which has grappled with endemic corruption for decades. If confirmed by the Senate, Olukoyede will take the reins of an agency that is leading extradition proceedings for…
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Oct
12
2023
By AHMED MOHAMED HASSAN
Egypt discusses Gaza aid, rejects corridors for civilians, say sources

Egypt discusses Gaza aid, rejects corridors for civilians, say sources

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EGYPT has discussed plans with the United States and others to provide humanitarian aid through its border with Gaza Strip but rejects any move to set up safe corridors for refugees fleeing the enclave, Egyptian security sources said. Gaza, a tiny coastal strip of land wedged between Israel in the north and east and Egypt to the southwest, is home to some 2.3 million people who have been living under a blockade since Palestinian Islamist group Hamas took control there in 2007. Egypt has long restricted the flow of Gazans on to its territory, even during the fiercest conflicts. Cairo,…
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Oct
12
2023
By CARIELLE DOE and ALPHONSO TOWEH
Liberia counts votes as President Weah seeks second term

Liberia counts votes as President Weah seeks second term

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VOTE counting was underway in Liberia during an election in which President George Weah is seeking a second term after six years marred by corruption allegations and abiding economic hardship in Africa's oldest independent republic. Around 2.4 million people were eligible to vote in the West African nation still struggling to emerge from two civil wars that killed over 250,000 people between 1989 and 2003 and from a 2013-16 Ebola epidemic that killed thousands. "I am here to elect a good leader who will lead our country. A leader that will make school fees affordable for children to attend," said…
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Oct
12
2023
By The African Mirror
Niger junta orders top UN official to leave the country

Niger junta orders top UN official to leave the country

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NIGER'S junta has demanded that the head of the United Nations diplomatic mission there leave the country within 72 hours, accusing the U.N. of excluding Niger from its General Assembly last month. The army officers who seized power in a coup in July did not have a representative at the meeting of world leaders in New York. A U.N. spokesperson in Niamey said she had no immediate comment. In a statement dated October 10, Niger's foreign ministry accused the U.N. of using "underhanded manoeuvres" instigated by France to prevent its full participation in the U.N. General Assembly and in subsequent…
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Oct
12
2023
By The African Mirror
Namibia sees first oil from offshore discoveries by 2030

Namibia sees first oil from offshore discoveries by 2030

NEWS
NAMIBIA expects the first oil from major offshore finds by 2030 and is considering a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) platform to help it export the crude oil, its petroleum commissioner said. Namibia, which has yet to produce any oil and gas, has attracted strong interest from international energy companies after Shell and TotalEnergies made discoveries off the coast of the southern African country. Petroleum commissioner Maggy Shino told Reuters at an oil conference in Cape Town, South Africa, that the two oil companies were conducting appraisal tests to determine if they contained commercial amounts of oil that could be developed.…
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