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Jun
18
2023
By BONFACE ORUCHO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Is this Nigeria’s energy turning point?

Is this Nigeria’s energy turning point?

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NIGERIA'S new energy bill, which updates the Electric Power Sector Reform Act of 2005, crucially encourages greater private sector involvement in power generation. Over 70% of Nigeria's current energy originates from non-renewable sources, and nearly 100 million citizens lack access to power. The new law promises to counter both trends. According to Ivie Ehanmo, an energy law expert, the law consolidates all laws relating to energy supply, streamlining the industry and promoting the growth of a competitive power market. "Under a competitive electricity market, customers are able to exercise control over the choice of their electricity provider and their respective…
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Jun
17
2023
By PAVEL POLITYUK and OLENA HARMASH
African leaders start peace mission in Ukraine despite Russian missile barrage

African leaders start peace mission in Ukraine despite Russian missile barrage

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PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after meeting African leaders in Kyiv that peace talks with Russia would be possible only after Moscow withdraws its forces from occupied Ukrainian territory. His comments signalled no change in Kyiv's long-held stance on peace talks, despite the African delegation's hopes of mediating an end to the war that has raged since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. "To allow any negotiations with Russia now while the occupier is on our land is to freeze the war, to freeze everything: pain and suffering," Zelenskiy told a joint press conference with the African delegation. "We need real…
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Jun
17
2023
By The African Mirror
United Nations, United States ring alarm on West Darfur violence

United Nations, United States ring alarm on West Darfur violence

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THE United States and United Nations have said the situation in Sudan's region of West Darfur could herald a repeat of past mass atrocities there as fighting in Sudan reached its third month. The war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces broke out on April 15 but quickly spread westward, hitting cities in the Kordofan and Darfur regions. Activists said El Geneina, on the border with Chad, has been particularly badly hit. Fighting has killed 1,100 people and sent more than 270,000 refugees across the border to Chad. Homes and hospitals have been destroyed. The United States…
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Jun
17
2023
By TAREK AMARA
Tunisia tourist revival a rare bright spot for crisis-hit economy

Tunisia tourist revival a rare bright spot for crisis-hit economy

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TUNISIA is set for a strong tourist season with visitor numbers nearing pre-pandemic levels, a government official told Reuters, bringing some badly needed foreign currency into an economy mired in crisis as bankruptcy threatens state finances. Tourism typically accounted for around 7% of Tunisia's gross domestic product but visitor numbers collapsed during the COVID pandemic, putting extra strain on an economy that was already in trouble. However, authorities now expect about 8.5 million tourists this year, 90% of the 9.4 million in 2019, the last year before the pandemic, and a big jump from the 6.4 million last year, Tourism Ministry official…
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Jun
16
2023
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s President Tinubu suspends head of anti-graft agency

Nigeria’s President Tinubu suspends head of anti-graft agency

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NIGERIA'S President Bola Tinubu suspended the head of the economic and financial crimes unit Abdulrasheed Bawa indefinitely for abuse of office, the presidency said in a statement. The move came a week after the president suspended the country's central bank governor Godwin Emefiele. A spokesman for the Economic and financial crimes unit (EFCC) did not immediately respond to calls for comment. Created 20 years ago, the EFCC investigates and prosecutes financial crimes, including money laundering and corruption. Bawa, the fifth chairman of EFCC, was appointed two years ago after the Senate refused to approve the reappointment of his predecessor who…
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Jun
17
2023
By MICHELLE NICHOLS
Mali asks United Nations to withdraw peacekeeping force

Mali asks United Nations to withdraw peacekeeping force

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MALI'S interim military authorities asked for a United Nations peacekeeping force to leave "without delay", citing a "crisis of confidence" between Malian authorities and the decade-long U.N. mission known as MINUSMA. It marks a major turning point for the West African country, which has struggled to stem an Islamist insurgency that took root following an uprising in 2012. MINUSMA was deployed by the U.N. Security Council in 2013 to support foreign and local efforts to restore stability. Frustrations over the growing insecurity spurred two coups in 2020 and 2021 and the ruling junta has been increasingly at loggerheads with MINUSMA…
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Jun
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Sierra Leone opposition calls for election chief to resign

Sierra Leone opposition calls for election chief to resign

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SIERRA Leone's leading opposition candidate has called for the country's electoral commissioners to resign a week before a presidential poll, saying his party did not believe in their ability to hold free and fair elections. Samura Kamara, head of the All People's Congress (APC) party, said he wanted the chief electoral commissioner and all regional commissioners of the national election body to be replaced by "an independent internationally accredited team". "We do not have a credible final voters register," Kamara told Reuters late on Wednesday, following an address to the nation. "The production of blurred and substandard voter identity cards,…
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Jun
15
2023
By KRISHNA N. DAS
Gambia syrup deaths: India probes bribery claims

Gambia syrup deaths: India probes bribery claims

NEWS
INDIAN authorities have launched an inquiry into an allegation that a local pharmaceutical regulator, in return for a bribe, helped switch samples of cough syrups that the World Health Organization (WHO) had linked to the deaths of children in Gambia before the samples were tested at an Indian laboratory, according to two government officials and documents reviewed by Reuters. In an April 29 letter to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Haryana state reviewed by Reuters, a lawyer named Yashpal accused the state's drug controller, Manmohan Taneja, of taking a bribe of 50 million rupees ($605,419) from local manufacturer Maiden Pharmaceuticals…
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Jun
15
2023
By AMINDEH BLAISE ATABONG
MTN says asset seizure in Cameroon threatens operations

MTN says asset seizure in Cameroon threatens operations

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SOUTH African mobile operator MTN Group said that its Cameroon operations were threatened by the seizure of its bank accounts in the country as part of a dispute in which it plays no part. MTN Cameroon's accounts with more than 14 billion CFA francs ($22 million) have been frozen by a Cameroon court order since September 2022, as the company was brought into a loan dispute by a Cameroonian businessman, MTN said. Following a court decision on June 9, the funds were to be transferred into an escrow account managed by the court registrar, MTN Cameroon CEO Mitwa Ng'ambi told a…
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Jun
16
2023
By NGOUDA DIONE
Japanese wrestler moves to Senegal to master ancient martial art

Japanese wrestler moves to Senegal to master ancient martial art

NEWS
IN a dusty alleyway in the Senegalese city of Thies, Japanese wrestler Shogo Uozumi lay face-down in the sand after being tossed in the air by an oversized opponent. Uozumi then rose to his feet, dusted himself off and rejoined the surrounding group of wrestlers wearing loincloths. Back in a fighting stance, Uozumi smiled. After competing at the national level in Greco-Roman wrestling back home, he swapped Tokyo for Thies last year to master a Senegalese wrestling style known as Laamb and to share his knowledge of the Olympic form of the sport with local talent. "Every time I train,…
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