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Jun
22
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisia frees prominent journalist after two days detention

Tunisia frees prominent journalist after two days detention

NEWS
A TUNISIAN judge ordered the release of prominent journalist Zied Heni two days after he was arrested over accusations he had insulted President Kais Saied. His release followed a campaign of solidarity with him and criticism that the authorities were clamping down on freedom of speech, a key gain won by Tunisians after the 2011 revolution that ended the authoritarian rule of the late President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Saied seized extra powers in 2021 when he shut down the elected parliament and moved to rule by decree and then assumed authority over the judiciary. "What happened was a…
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Jun
23
2023
By CONRAD ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
African fruits exports boom

African fruits exports boom

NEWS
AFRICA is enjoying increased fruit exports to Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia, helping to fill a growing supply gap occasioned by low harvests in those markets, helped by increased production methods and yields across the continent. According to the EU Citrus Semi-Annual Report, the production of citrus fruits in Europe is expected to decrease by 10% in the 2022/23 season, with Spain experiencing the largest decline, and African producers are stepping in to fill the gap. The combined impact of insufficient spring rains, a warmer summer and drought experienced up to May 2023, the report said, have compromised the…
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Jun
23
2023
By The African Mirror
Rwanda and partners to seek further 300 million euros for climate resilience

Rwanda and partners to seek further 300 million euros for climate resilience

NEWS
RWANDA and international development banks plan to raise an extra 300 million euros ($328.86 million) to help the country adapt to a changing climate, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. In April, the IMF said it had allowed for a disbursement of $98.6 million of an initial $319 million. It said on Thursday, the new support would build on that and the Rwandan government's fund-raising efforts would be helped by France's Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), Italy's Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The proceeds will help businesses in Rwanda to access…
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Jun
23
2023
By ELIZABETH PINEAU and JOHN IRISH
Senegal seals $2.7 billion green energy deal with richer nations

Senegal seals $2.7 billion green energy deal with richer nations

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SENEGAL struck a deal with wealthier countries that will see it get an initial 2.5 billion euros ($2.74 billion) in finance to develop renewable energy and speed up its transition to a low-carbon economy. The Senegal Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), backed by France, Germany, the European Union, the United Kingdom and Canada, comes as richer countries are urged to do more to help poorer peers in the fight against climate change. The money will be used to help Senegal achieve its target of 40% of installed capacity from renewable energies by 2030, and a draft investment plan will be…
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Jun
22
2023
By The African Mirror
Fighting surges in Sudan’s capital as three-day ceasefire expires

Fighting surges in Sudan’s capital as three-day ceasefire expires

NEWS
HEAVY clashes broke out between rival military factions in several parts of Sudan's capital as a 72-hour ceasefire that saw several reports of violations expired, witnesses said. Shortly before the truce ended at 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) fighting was reported in all three of the cities that make up the wider capital around the confluence of the Nile: Khartoum, Bahri and Omdurman. Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been battling each other for more than two months, wreaking destruction on the capital, triggering widespread violence in the western region of Darfur and causing more than 2.5 million people…
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Jun
22
2023
By KRISHNA N. DAS and EDWARD MCALLISTER
Cough syrup deaths: Gambia tightens rules

Cough syrup deaths: Gambia tightens rules

NEWS
GAMBIA will make it mandatory for all pharmaceutical products from India to be inspected and tested prior to shipment from July 1, according to Gambian government documents reviewed by Reuters, the first known restrictions on national exports following the deaths of dozens of children linked to Indian-made cough syrups. The new rule highlights how governments are reassessing their reliance on India's $42 billion pharmaceutical industry since the contamination came to light last year. India's industry supplies nearly half of the pharmaceuticals used in Africa. In April, India’s government said its officials had held meetings in Africa to ensure its drug…
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Jun
22
2023
By The African Mirror
Massacre aftermath: Ugandan army rescues three students

Massacre aftermath: Ugandan army rescues three students

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THE Ugandan military has rescued three of the six students who were kidnapped by Islamist fighters when they stormed a school in the west of the country last week and massacred 42 people, mostly young students, the army said. "There were six students kidnapped and three have so far been rescued," said military spokesman Felix Kulayigye. A woman with two children who had been kidnapped outside the school was also rescued, together with her children, while two militants were killed and two guns captured, Kulayigye said. On Friday night a group of fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a…
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Jun
22
2023
By LUCY GITHUGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Meet the agricultural commodities trader building an African empire

Meet the agricultural commodities trader building an African empire

NEWS
WHEN Ayodeji Balogun was just 14 years old, he made his first commodities trade. In May, his company secured first place in the Financial Times' Africa Fastest Growing Companies 2023' list. Not surprisingly, his company trades in agricultural commodities. "This first trade excited me and is what drove my interest in trade despite graduating with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering and practising as an engineer for three years," Balogun explained. AFEX Fairtrade Limited CEO, Ayodeji Balogun, posing for a photo. Photo Courtesy: AFEX Raised in Ijebu-ode in Ogun State where his father owned a plantation, Balogun early on…
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Jun
21
2023
By The African Mirror
Africa’s textile queen dies

Africa’s textile queen dies

NEWS
DÉDÉ Rose Gamélé Creppy, who has died aged 89, was one of west Africa’s most influential wax cloth traders. She was the youngest, and the last living, “Nana Benz” – the legendary first generation of women cloth traders from Togo. Wax cloth was a European adaptation of a classic Indonesian batik hand printing technique which created designs using hot wax. Areas of design were blocked out by applying hot wax over them to resist dye. The cloth was introduced to West Africa by Dutch and English textile manufacturers in the late 19th century. Women traders – who became experts at…
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