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Nov
03
2022
By The African Mirror
Civilians attack U.N. peacekeeping convoy in eastern Congo

Civilians attack U.N. peacekeeping convoy in eastern Congo

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CIVILIANS attacked a United Nations peacekeeping convoy in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday evening, injuring two people, the U.N. mission said. The convoy was attacked when it stopped at an army checkpoint near an internally displaced person site in Kanyarutshinya, 8 kilometres (5 miles) from the city of Goma. A crowd assembled and threw stones at the convoy, setting fire to at least one truck, the U.N. mission, MONUSCO, said on Twitter. U.N. peacekeepers fired warning shots into the air and finally left the zone, it said. Frustration has grown in the region this year with the…
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Oct
17
2022
By The African Mirror
Death toll from Nigerian floods tops 500 – ministries

Death toll from Nigerian floods tops 500 – ministries

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WIDESPREAD flooding has killed more than 500 people in Nigeria, left around 90,000 homes under water and blocked food and fuel supplies, two government ministries said. The floods have hit 27 of Nigeria's 36 states and impacted around 1.4 million people, the ministries for humanitarian affairs and for disaster management said in an online posting. Nigerian authorities said flooding caused by heavier-than-usual rains had been building since early summer and intensified after water releases from the Lagdo dam in neighbouring Cameroon. "The scale of the disaster ...is colossal," Mustapha Habib Ahmed, director general of the National Emergency Management Agency, added…
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Oct
17
2022
By The African Mirror
Gambia says child deaths linked to cough syrup have risen to 70

Gambia says child deaths linked to cough syrup have risen to 70

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GAMBIA'S government said the number of child deaths from acute kidney injury, thought to be linked to Indian-made cough syrups, has risen to 70 from a previous toll of 69. President Adama Barrow gave the update at an emergency cabinet meeting which he convened on Thursday to discuss the crisis, according to a presidency statement. The syrups were found to be made by New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd, which has since had one of its factories shut down in northern India as health authorities there investigate. The statement said that the Gambia is also investigating the deaths and this week set up…
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Oct
17
2022
By The African Mirror
Burkina Faso names coup leader Traore as transitional president

Burkina Faso names coup leader Traore as transitional president

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BURKINA FASO'S military officials, political parties and civil society leaders officially designated army captain Ibrahim Traore as the country's transitional president, two weeks after he seized power in Burkina Faso's second coup this year. About 300 delegates are meeting over two days in the capital, Ouagadougou, to outline plans to return the West African country to constitutional rule. Burkina Faso is struggling with a violent insurgency waged by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that began in neighbouring Mali in 2012 and has spread to other countries south of the Sahara Desert. The violence has killed thousands, displaced…
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Nov
02
2022
By PAP SAINE
‘No confirmation that cough syrup killed 70 children’

‘No confirmation that cough syrup killed 70 children’

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GAMBIA has not yet confirmed that toxic cough syrup was the cause of the deaths of 70 children from acute kidney injury, a representative of the country's Medicines Control Agency said. The small West African state has been investigating a mysterious slew of child deaths in recent months, which police said in a preliminary investigation was linked to four cough syrups made in India. World Health Organization (WHO) investigators have found "unacceptable" levels of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol in the products, which were made by New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd. But Gambia's Medicines Control Agency, a national regulatory body, has not yet pinpointed…
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Nov
02
2022
By The African Mirror
Africa, Middle East cement renewable energy ties

Africa, Middle East cement renewable energy ties

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BONFACE ORUCHO, BIRD STORY AGENCY APART from the deep vein of history, both social and political, connecting Africa and the Middle East, current developments show two regions committed to exploring economic collaboration that could see Africa actualising its green energy goals. South Africa and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recently signed a virtual framework agreement to develop a $10 billion green hydrogen plant in South Africa, through leading Saudi developer ACWA Power. ACWA Power is already actively involved in multiple renewable energy projects in the country, through the implementation of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program, REIPPPP, that…
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Nov
02
2022
By The African Mirror
Cape Town has found a permanent solution to water scarcity: Wastewater

Cape Town has found a permanent solution to water scarcity: Wastewater

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BIÉNNE HUISMAN, BIRD STORY AGENCY SOME Capetonians might find this hard to swallow, but within five years, the city’s residents and visitors are set to drink purified sewage water. But before it’s piped back into homes and businesses as tap water, it will go through stringent recycling processes. “It’s very safe,” says Michael Killick, Cape Town director of bulk services for water and sanitation. “We’ll have our own laboratory with control and monitoring systems throughout the process. We’ll test for herbicides, pesticides, and contaminants of emerging concern, which are hormones, even caffeine, pharmaceuticals, and E.coli. So we’ll be able to…
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Nov
02
2022
By The African Mirror
Grocery retailer Pick n Pay to start accepting cryptocurrency payments

Grocery retailer Pick n Pay to start accepting cryptocurrency payments

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ONE of South Africa's largest grocery retailers Pick n Pay is expanding a pilot of adding cryptocurrency as a payment option to more stores after the successful completion of the first phase, it said on Tuesday. The announcement came weeks after the Financial Sector Conduct Authority formally declared crypto assets as a financial product in South Africa, enabling them to be regulated and clearing the way for cryptocurrency to be a mainstream method of payment. "Increasingly cryptocurrency is being used by those under-served by traditional banking systems, or by those wanting to pay and exchange money in a cheaper and…
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Nov
02
2022
By The African Mirror
Global events may affect Egypt’s wheat supply temporarily, Egyptian supply minister says

Global events may affect Egypt’s wheat supply temporarily, Egyptian supply minister says

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GLOBAL events may temporarily affect Egypt's wheat supply but the country can adjust to them, Egypt's supply minister Ali Moselhy told Reuters when asked whether Russia's decision to freeze its participation in a U.N.-brokered grain export deal would affect its supply. The global supply of wheat available is sufficient to meet the world's needs, Moselhy added. Egypt, one of the world's largest wheat importers, has not issued international purchasing tenders since mid-July, opting to buy directly from trading houses instead. Wheat prices have skyrocketed amid the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, two countries from which Egypt used to buy the…
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