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Jan
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Davos 2023: South Africa plans to end load-shedding in 12-18 months

Davos 2023: South Africa plans to end load-shedding in 12-18 months

NEWS
SOUTH Africa has a plan to improve energy provision that will end the need for any power cuts within the next 12-18 months, ITS Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said. "Eventually in the next 12-18 months, we will be able to say load-shedding is a thing of the past. That is the target," Godongwana, told Reuters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss resort of Davos. Godongwana said so-called "stage 6" power cuts - which mean at least six hours a day without power for most South Africans - would no longer be needed within about…
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Jan
18
2023
By The African Mirror
Al Shabaab kills seven soldiers in attack on military base

Al Shabaab kills seven soldiers in attack on military base

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH ISLAMIST fighters from al Shabaab stormed a military base in a part of central Somalia they were forced from last year, killing at least seven soldiers, including the base commander, an officer said. Assailants from the al Qaeda affiliate rammed the base in the village of Hawadley with a suicide car bomb and then opened fire, Captain Aden Nur, a military officer in a nearby town, told Reuters. "We repelled al Shabaab. We lost seven soldiers, including our commander," Nur told Reuters. Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement, saying it had killed "many apostate…
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Jan
18
2023
By The African Mirror
London court allows appeal over UK’s Rwanda migrant plan

London court allows appeal over UK’s Rwanda migrant plan

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LONDON’S High Court granted permission to a group of asylum seekers to appeal against a ruling that Britain’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda is lawful. Britain's interior ministry said it would defend its policy, which is a central part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plan to tackle the record number of migrants arriving in small boats. The government says the plan will deter people smugglers, though it has been denounced by rights groups and even King Charles since it was announced in April. The first planned deportation flight was blocked in June last year by a last-minute ruling by the European Court of Human…
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Jan
18
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa plans new law to speed up power projects

South Africa plans new law to speed up power projects

NEWS
CARIEN DU PLESSIS SOUTH Africa is developing new legislation to speed up energy projects to add generating capacity and help end power cuts, a presentation by the country's energy crisis committee showed. Ageing coal-fired power stations, underinvestment in new capacity and foot-dragging on policies to encourage private providers has left South Africa facing constant power cuts. However, work is underway to accelerate the procurement of additional capacity, according to a presentation seen by Reuters on Tuesday from the National Energy Crisis Committee, set up by President Cyril Ramaphosa. It said the committee is working to "develop emergency legislation which can…
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Jan
18
2023
By The African Mirror
Davos 2023: Idris Elba calls for investment to help world’s poor

Davos 2023: Idris Elba calls for investment to help world’s poor

NEWS
KATHRYN LURIE ACTOR Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba called for business and political leaders to provide more support to the world's poorest countries in the form of investment rather than aid. At the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos, the Elbas were both honoured for their work on environmental conservation, food security and climate change. The couple, who are Goodwill Ambassadors for the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development, appealed to participants at the annual summit for fast financial support for people hit by food…
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Jan
18
2023
By The African Mirror
Congo awards Lake Kivu gas blocks to U.S. and Canadian producers

Congo awards Lake Kivu gas blocks to U.S. and Canadian producers

NEWS
THE Democratic Republic of Congo has awarded licences to three natural gas blocks in Lake Kivu on its eastern border, with some production expected to start as early as next year, the hydrocarbons ministry said. The Makelele block was awarded to RED, a local subsidiary of United States-based Symbion Power, the ministry said. The Idjwi block went to another U.S. company, Winds Exploration and Production LLC. The Lwandjofu block was won by Canada-based Alfajiri Energy. The production-sharing contracts will be signed within 15 days, hydrocarbons minister Didier Budimbu told Reuters. He said he hoped the Symbion Power block would begin…
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Jan
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Death toll rises to 14 in Congo church attack claimed by Islamic State

Death toll rises to 14 in Congo church attack claimed by Islamic State

NEWS
THE death toll from a church bombing in the east Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 14, an army spokesman said. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on a Sunday service at a Protestant church in the eastern city of Kasindi, near the border with Uganda. Local army spokesman Anthony Mwalushayi told Reuters the number of casualties had increased to 14 deaths and 63 wounded, from five and 15, respectively, announced on Sunday. The army blamed the attack on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan militant group that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in 2019. The militant group could not…
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Jan
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Somalia takes control of key port from al Shabaab

Somalia takes control of key port from al Shabaab

NEWS
ABDIQANI HASSAN SOMALIA'S government-led forces have captured an al Shabaab stronghold on the Indian Ocean coast, the defence minister said, in one of their most significant victories since launching an offensive against the Islamist group last year. The forces took the port town of Harardhere as well as the nearby town of Galcad in central Somalia's Galmudug region, Defence Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur said in a broadcast on state-owned television. Harardhere was a major base for pirates hijacking merchant ships until 2011. It was later taken over by al Shabaab, which first rose up against the government in 2007 before…
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Jan
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Energy crisis forces SA president to skip World Economic Forum

Energy crisis forces SA president to skip World Economic Forum

NEWS
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa will no longer attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos due to the ongoing energy crisis in the country, his spokesman said. Power cuts have worsened since Tuesday when struggling state utility Eskom said it would implement its worst-ever outages until further notice. The power cuts are a major source of public frustration with the governing African National Congress (ANC) and a brake on economic growth in Africa's most industrialised nation. "Currently the President is convening a meeting with leaders of political parties represented in parliament, NECCOM (National Energy Crisis Committee) and the Eskom board," Vincent…
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Jan
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Senegal road crash kills 20, wounds 24

Senegal road crash kills 20, wounds 24

NEWS
TWENTY people were killed and 24 wounded when a truck collided with a passenger bus in Senegal, the government said, the second major crash this month highlighting poor driving conditions in the West African country. The accident took place near the northwestern town of Louga, around 160 kilometres (105 miles) from the capital Dakar, the government said in a statement. It followed a crash that killed 40 people and wounded about 80 near the southeastern town of Kaffrine on January 8, one of the deadliest in Senegal's recent memory. That incident occurred after the tyre of a passenger bus burst, sending it…
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