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Sep
29
2023
By KANISHKA SINGH
US announces visa restrictions for those ‘undermining democracy’ in Liberia

US announces visa restrictions for those ‘undermining democracy’ in Liberia

NEWS
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced visa restrictions for individuals who he said were "undermining democracy" in Liberia ahead of the country's elections in October. THE TAKE Blinken in a statement released by the U.S. State Department did not specify how many people were affected or identify them. The move restricts their ability to travel to the U.S. The policy is not aimed at the Liberian people or government, Blinken said. KEY QUOTE The U.S. visa restrictions target people believed to be responsible for "undermining democracy in Liberia, including through manipulation or rigging of the electoral process; use of…
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Sep
29
2023
By MAHAMAT RAMADANE and DINA SAKR
Guinean student cycles across Africa for place at top Islamic university

Guinean student cycles across Africa for place at top Islamic university

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MAMADOU Safaiou Barry was determined to study Islamic theology at an elite school. Unable to afford a flight to Egpyt from Guinea, he drew a map of Africa in his spiral notebook and set off on a second-hand mountain bike. Carrying only a change of clothes, a flashlight and a screwdriver, the 25-year-old cycled thousands of kilometres across the continent, passing through jungles, deserts and conflict zones in the hope of landing a place and finding a way to fund it. Four months and seven countries later, he is in Cairo with a full scholarship to Al-Azhar University, one of…
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Sep
29
2023
By The African Mirror
Burkina Faso junta says it thwarted coup attempt

Burkina Faso junta says it thwarted coup attempt

NEWS
BURKINA Faso's military junta said that a coup attempt had been thwarted the previous day by security and intelligence services, without providing specifics on what had happened. In a statement, it said officers and others had plotted to destabilise the country with "the dark intention of attacking the institutions of the Republic and plunging our country in chaos." It did not identify anyone but said some arrests had been made and searches continued for others. "Investigations will help unmask the instigators of this plot," it said. The military prosecutor later said four people had been detained and two were on…
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Sep
29
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s RCL Foods culls 410,000 chickens amid bird flu outbreak

South Africa’s RCL Foods culls 410,000 chickens amid bird flu outbreak

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's RCL Foods said that its poultry unit Rainbow has culled 410,000 chickens due to the country's worst outbreak of avian flu, heightening fears of chicken meat and egg shortages. The outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), a bird flu which spreads rapidly in an infected flock causing a high death rate, has already impacted table egg supplies in the country and producers have warned of chicken meat shortages in the coming weeks. Rainbow is one of South Africa's largest chicken producers, supplying retailers and fast food businesses. "The outbreak has moved at a rapid pace, and the situation is constantly…
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Sep
29
2023
By EDWIN NYIRONGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Malawi looks to drones to protect its wildlife

Malawi looks to drones to protect its wildlife

NEWS
MALAWI has announced a new level of protection across its Nyika, Kasungu, Nkhotakota, Majete Vwaza, Liwonde and Elephant wildlife reserves: drones. Until recently, the protection of animals in the reserves relied heavily on forest guards. The guards usually patrol boundary lines separating animals from their human neighbours, checking for people encroaching on the reserves. But human resources have limits and destruction to the ecosystem and the poaching of animals has been a growing problem. As a result, the government, in consultation with environmentalists, has conceived of a more effective method to protect the areas. A decision was made to use…
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Sep
29
2023
By LIZBETH DIAZ and JACKIE BOTTS
African migrants bound for US use Nicaragua to bypass Darien perils

African migrants bound for US use Nicaragua to bypass Darien perils

NEWS
AFRICAN migrants and asylum seekers heading to the United States are flying into Nicaragua to bypass the Darien Gap, a dangerous jungle isthmus connecting Panama and Colombia, according to migrants interviewed by Reuters and exclusive U.N. data. A dozen migrants recently arrived in the Mexican northern border city of Tijuana and the southern city of Oaxaca said they had flown into the Central American country, where many African nationalities can obtain a low-cost visa. The migrants hailed from Mali, Angola, Guinea and Senegal, and almost all said they knew about the dangers of Darien, which can only be traversed on…
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Sep
29
2023
By PATRICIA ZENGERLE
Menendez indictment prompts calls in US Congress for Egypt aid rethink

Menendez indictment prompts calls in US Congress for Egypt aid rethink

NEWS
CHARGES that Senator Bob Menendez accepted bribes in exchange for wielding his influence to aid the Egyptian government prompted calls in the U.S. Congress for the Biden administration to rethink $235 million in military aid to Cairo. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Middle East subcommittee, said he hoped the committee would investigate the allegations and Egypt's involvement. U.S. prosecutors announced an indictment on Friday accusing Menendez of accepting gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash in exchange for wielding his influence to aid the Egyptian government. "I would hope that our committee would…
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Sep
28
2023
By CONRAD ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Africa woos tech giants with green data centres

Africa woos tech giants with green data centres

NEWS
IN early September, Google and Amazon Web Services executives witnessed the groundbreaking of Kenya’s first renewables-powered, or "green" data centre. Eco-cloud is the country's first geothermal-powered data centre. Two weeks later, Kenya’s President, William Ruto pitched the country as an investment destination for tech companies seeking to improve their green credentials, during the US-Kenya business roadshow in San Francisco, California. “In San Francisco, United States, met the Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook. Kenya’s green data centre potential is one other area that Apple will look into tapping for achieving the company’s sustainability goals,” said President Ruto on X, the social platform…
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Sep
28
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan medics warn that cholera and dengue fever are spreading

Sudan medics warn that cholera and dengue fever are spreading

NEWS
MEDICS in Sudan have warned that cases of cholera and dengue fever are spreading due to the arrival of seasonal rains and the impact of more than five months of war on a health system that was already struggling before fighting began. Health authorities have confirmed cases of cholera for the first time since the war between rival military factions began in mid-April, saying that the earliest case had been detected in al-Qadarif state in late August. The federal health ministry said in a statement late on Tuesday that 18 people had died and 265 infected with cholera in al-Qadarif…
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Sep
28
2023
By The African Mirror
French ambassador to Niger leaves as relations nosedive after coup

French ambassador to Niger leaves as relations nosedive after coup

NEWS
FRANCE'S ambassador to Niger left the country, around one month after the military government ordered his expulsion and days after President Emmanuel Macron said the diplomat would be pulled out and French troops withdrawn. Relations between Niger and France, its former colonial ruler which maintained a military presence in the country to help fight Islamist insurgents, have broken down since army officers seized power in Niamey in July. The junta had ordered French ambassador Sylvain Itte to leave the country within 48 hours at the end of August in response to what they described as actions by France that were "contrary to…
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