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Apr
19
2024
By The African Mirror
US bars four former Malawi officials over corruption, State Department says

US bars four former Malawi officials over corruption, State Department says

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THE United States has barred four former officials of the Malawi government from entry because of their involvement in significant corruption, the State Department said. The officials designated are former solicitor general and secretary of justice Reyneck Matemba, former director of public procurement and disposal of assets John Suzi-Banda, former Malawi Police Service attorney Mwabi Kaluba, and former Inspector General of the Malawi Police Service George Kainja, the department said. The four were cited by the State Department as having "abused their public positions by accepting bribes and other articles of value" from a private business person in exchange for…
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Apr
18
2024
By SETH ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Africa’s private wealth to jump to $4 trillion by 2034

Africa’s private wealth to jump to $4 trillion by 2034

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PRIVATE wealth in Africa will leap 65% over the next decade to US$4 trillion in new annual estimates, fuelled by growth in fintech, eco-tourism and business process outsourcing. Additional sectors like software development, rare metals mining, green tech, wealth management, media, and entertainment will further bolster the continent's wealth surge, according to the Henley & Partners Africa Wealth Report 2024. The international wealth advisory firm said Africa now has US$2.5 trillion in investable wealth and its millionaire population is set to rise by 65% or 223,080. Non-state wealth in 2022 stood at US$2.1 trillion and was expected to grow by…
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Apr
17
2024
By ELIZABETH PINEAU and NAFISA ELTAHIR
Donors raise more than 2 billion euros for Sudan aid a year into war

Donors raise more than 2 billion euros for Sudan aid a year into war

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DONORS pledged more than 2 billion euros ($2.13 billion) for war-torn Sudan at a conference in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron said, on the first anniversary of what aid workers describe as a neglected but devastating conflict. Efforts to help millions of people driven to the verge of famine by the war have been held up by continued fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), restrictions imposed by the warring sides, and demands on donors from other global crises including in Gaza and Ukraine. Conflict in Sudan is threatening to expand, with fighting heating up in and around al-Fashir, a…
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Apr
19
2024
By JAMES OATWAY and THANDO HLOPHE
Man named Vote will cast ballot for change in South Africa

Man named Vote will cast ballot for change in South Africa

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WHEN Mariana Ubisi went into labour in her one-room home in rural South Africa, millions of Black citizens were queuing to vote in the election that would bring Nelson Mandela to power. It was April 27, 1994. Swept up in the excitement, Ubisi and her husband named their newborn son Vote. "I imagine it was because we were hearing the chants saying 'vote, vote, vote' on the radio," said Ubisi, a traditional healer in Lillydale, a poor village in Mpumalanga province. As Mozambican refugees who fled war in their country in the 1960s, Mariana and her husband Ernesto did not…
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Apr
17
2024
By The African Mirror
Volkswagen to invest $210 mln in South African plant

Volkswagen to invest $210 mln in South African plant

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VOLKSWAGEN plans to invest 4 billion rand ($210.67 million) in its South African manufacturing plant in the Eastern Cape in preparation to manufacture a new SUV in 2027, it said. South Africa is the largest automotive manufacturing hub on the African continent, hosting global brands such as Toyota, Isuzu, Volkswagen and Mercedes. The German carmaker's statement said the investment will be used to upgrade facilities in various areas in preparation for the addition of a third model to its production line-up from 2027. "As most global vehicle markets transition to electric vehicles, African markets like South Africa will continue manufacturing and…
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Apr
18
2024
By WILL DUNHAM
Genome study reveals prehistoric Ethiopian origins of coffee

Genome study reveals prehistoric Ethiopian origins of coffee

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YOU might call it a cup of Joe, java, mud, brew, mocha, or your morning jolt. Coffee undoubtedly is a big part of global culture, and the kind made from the Arabica bean is the most appreciated by coffee drinkers. Researchers now have unlocked the genome of the Arabica species and traced its origins to a natural mating between two other coffee species an estimated 610,000 to one million years ago in the forests of Ethiopia. That makes this species older than our own species Homo sapiens, which arose in Africa about 300,000 years ago. The researchers sequenced the genomes…
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Apr
18
2024
By The African Mirror
UK parliament’s upper house delays Sunak’s Rwanda scheme again

UK parliament’s upper house delays Sunak’s Rwanda scheme again

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BRITAIN'S upper house of parliament again defeated Rishi Sunak's plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, proposing changes that will delay but not block a policy the prime minister hopes could help change his party's electoral fortunes. Sunak has invested huge political capital in the Rwanda scheme before an election later this year he is predicted to lose, saying it will help meet his pledge to stop thousands of people arriving in Britain without permission in small boats. The House of Lords, Britain's unelected upper house, for a third time sought to make changes to the new legislation after the…
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Apr
18
2024
By BONFACE ORUCHO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
New e-mobility policies are pushing EV fleet expansions in Africa

New e-mobility policies are pushing EV fleet expansions in Africa

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AFRICAN countries are welcoming a new era of more robust e-mobility policies as countries seek to scale their electric vehicle (EV) fleets after successful tests and pilots. According to Lusanda Madikizela, the head of Zero Emission Transport at C40 Cities in South Africa, better policies provide confidence for investors, manufacturers and operators. “Manufacturers need policy certainty so they can adjust specifications… financiers want policy certainty and the right type of incentives for the sector for investment and planning,” she highlighted. In Kenya, for instance, new policies have made a big difference. Between July and December 2023, Kenya’s Energy and Petroleum…
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Apr
18
2024
By CATARINA DEMONY
Caribbean ambassador calls for global action to establish slavery tribunal

Caribbean ambassador calls for global action to establish slavery tribunal

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A high-level Caribbean ambassador said that it was crucial to establish a new international special tribunal to seek reparations for transatlantic slavery and its legacies in today's society. Reuters reported earlier this month that support was building among African and Caribbean nations for the creation of such a tribunal on atrocities dating to transatlantic slavery. For over four centuries at least 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped, forcibly transported thousands of kilometres by mainly European ships and merchants and sold into slavery. David Comissiong, the Barbados ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and a well-known reparations advocate, said a tribunal was needed as…
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Apr
17
2024
By CATARINA DEMONY
UN forum calls for more funding, steps towards slavery reparations

UN forum calls for more funding, steps towards slavery reparations

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A United Nations forum on people of African descent opened with calls for extra funding to support its work and progress towards reparations for transatlantic slavery and its legacies in contemporary society. For over four centuries at least 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped, forcibly transported thousands of kilometres (miles)by mainly European ships and merchants and sold into slavery. Those who survived the brutal voyage ended up toiling on plantations in the Americas, mostly in Brazil and the Caribbean, while others profited from their labour. In a video message at the opening of the third session of the Permanent Forum on…
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