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Apr
08
2023
By The African Mirror
African countries embrace solar technology

African countries embrace solar technology

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BONFACE ORUCHO, BIRD STORY AGENCY THE small island nation of Seychelles is going big on floating solar power, with plans to develop the largest salt-water floating solar power plant on the planet. According to the Seychelles News Agency, construction of the 5.8MW photovoltaic solar energy system will start in the fourth quarter of 2023, following a power purchase agreement (PPA) signed this week between French renewable company, Qair with the Republic of Seychelles' Public Utilities Corporation. Flavien Joubert, the Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Energy, said, "Just seven months separate us from this agreement and having a plant in…
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Apr
07
2023
By The African Mirror
Two Africans among four winners of global youth climate prize

Two Africans among four winners of global youth climate prize

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BIRD STORY AGENCY TWO young Africans have been selected as the global winners of the Young Climate Prize, an award by the non-profit, The World Around, that recognises projects that use "design to address and mitigate the impact of climate change". Foday David Kamara from Sierra Leone and Aziba Ekio from Nigeria were among the four overall winners selected from a shortlist of 25 who had all been paired with a mentor to help them scale up their project in order to bring it to life and address issues related to climate change. Twenty-two-year-old Kamara won the young climate designer…
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Mar
31
2023
By The African Mirror
Ship seized by pirates seen 540 miles west from Gulf of Guinea attack point

Ship seized by pirates seen 540 miles west from Gulf of Guinea attack point

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A Danish-owned vessel that was boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea on Saturday was spotted about 540 miles further offshore, according to a maritime cooperation centre monitoring security in the area. The Liberian-flagged oil and chemical tanker Monjasa Reformer was boarded by five armed people some 140 miles west of the Republic of Congo's Port Pointe-Noire. All 16 crew sought refuge in a safe room aboard, according to the cooperation centre. Danish marine fuels supplier Monjasa, the owner of Monjasa Reformer, said on Tuesday all communications channels with the vessel were down. The company was unable to provide further detail…
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Apr
09
2023
By The African Mirror
Chad orders German ambassador to leave the country

Chad orders German ambassador to leave the country

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CHAD'S government ordered the German ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours, it said in a statement, a decision source said was motivated by his comments about Chad's delayed transition to civilian rule after a 2021 coup. "This decision of the government is motivated by the discourteous attitude and the non-respect of diplomatic customs," the country's Communication Ministry said on Twitter late on Friday. Two Chadian government sources said on Saturday that Ambassador Gordon Kricke had criticised delays in holding elections after the coup, and a ruling last year that will allow interim military leader Mahamat Idriss Deby to…
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Apr
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia to dismantle regional special forces in favour of ‘centralized army’

Ethiopia to dismantle regional special forces in favour of ‘centralized army’

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DAWIT ENDESHAW THE Ethiopian government said it intends to integrate all regional special forces either into the national army or the federal or regional police, a move likely to be perceived as an attempt to diminish the autonomy of individual regions. Ethiopia is organised into 10 regions that enjoy a degree of autonomy, ranging from having their own regional army to the right to use their own language. "The government has set a direction to build one strong and centralized army ... it has started practical steps that will allow special forces of every region to be integrated into different…
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Apr
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan transition deal delayed, protesters march against talks

Sudan transition deal delayed, protesters march against talks

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KHALID ABDELAZIZ THE head of Sudan's army said he remained committed to a plan for a new transition towards elections, despite disputes over the integration of a paramilitary force that has twice delayed the signing of a final deal. The agreement, which provides for the formation of a civilian government and is strongly supported by the international community, is meant to end a political vacuum that followed an October 2021 coup. But the signing was postponed for a second time late on Wednesday as the army and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued negotiations over what commitments they would make…
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Mar
27
2023
By The African Mirror
Rwanda plans constitutional change to hold presidential and parliamentary polls together

Rwanda plans constitutional change to hold presidential and parliamentary polls together

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RWANDA plans to amend its constitution to allow for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held at the same time, according to a statement outlining cabinet resolutions, seen by Reuters. The statement said that the cabinet on Friday approved a proposal by President Paul Kagame to amend the country's constitution to allow the "harmonisation of parliamentary and presidential elections calendars". It did not say when the amendment would become effective. Parliamentary elections are currently scheduled to take place in August this year, but if the constitutional change is implemented, they may be pushed back to next year to be held…
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Mar
31
2023
By The African Mirror
South Sudan president appoints own defence minister, breaching peace deal

South Sudan president appoints own defence minister, breaching peace deal

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WAAKHE WUDU SOUTH Sudan's President Salva Kiir has appointed a member of his own party as defence minister, according to a decree read on state media, breaching a peace deal in which the role should be selected by the party of opposition leader Riek Machar. Kiir fired defence minister Angelina Teny, who is also First Vice President Machar's wife, along with the interior minister this month, re-igniting long-standing disagreements over how the two war veterans share power. Kiir and Machar's forces signed a peace agreement in 2018 that ended five years of civil war that killed 400,000 people and triggered Africa's biggest…
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Apr
07
2023
By The African Mirror
Guinea seizes 1.5 tonnes of cocaine from ship

Guinea seizes 1.5 tonnes of cocaine from ship

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THE West African country of Guinea has seized around 1.5 tonnes of cocaine from a Sierra Leone-flagged ship docked at the port city of Kamsar, state television said. More than 60 bags each filled with 25 kg of cocaine were found, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement on Wednesday. All ten crew were arrested, Radio Television Guineenne added. Drug smugglers often use West African countries as transit points to ship cocaine from South America to Europe. About three tonnes of cocaine were seized in August last year from a ship anchored in Guinean waters. Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Apr
07
2023
By The African Mirror
Agriculture and food: Africa’s economic engine

Agriculture and food: Africa’s economic engine

NEWS
BONFACE ORUCHO, BIRD STORY AGENCY AFRICA is leveraging its huge small-scale farming community to grow its agrifood sector and provide additional jobs for a ballooning population expected to double by 2050. Some 290 million Africans are employed in food and agriculture, according to a recent Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) study, a number that is "only second to Asia, where some 790 million people are employed in agrifood systems". The report, 'Estimating Global and Country Level Employment in Agrifood Systems, notes that the high number of jobs created in Africa reflects the efforts made by different countries to invest in…
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