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Nqobile Tshili, [email protected] SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed United States President Donald Trump’s claims that the neighbouring country is violating human rights through its land expropriation policy. President Trump, who assumed the US presidency last month, has ruffled feathers by announcing policies that seem to clash with the independence of other nations. He […] Source link

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Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank Group (L) and Ajay Banga, the president of the World Bank Group, signed a memorandum of understanding that saw both financial institutions commit about US$ 50 billion towards the provision of electricity to 300 million Africans in the next five years. COURTESY PHOTO/MISSION 300 AFRICA. Currently, close to 600 million Africans lack electricity, a critical resource for economic development ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | The World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have pledged US$50 billion to provide electricity access to nearly 300 million Africans over the next five years, through an initiative known as “Mission 300.” This commitment was announced during the Africa Energy Summit, held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on January 27-28. The financing efforts were further bolstered by additional pledges from international financial institutions, including the French Development Agency (€1 billion), the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (US$1-1.5...

Le week-end dernier a été marqué par des fortunes diverses pour le tennis togolais. D’un côté, le joueur d’origine togolaise Félix Auger-Aliassime a remporté le prestigieux Open Occitanie à Montpellier, en France. De l’autre, l’équipe nationale de tennis du Togo a essuyé une lourde défaite contre l’Inde lors des barrages du Groupe I de la Coupe Davis, à New Delhi. Auger-Aliassime sacré en France Devant plus de 63 000 spectateurs rassemblés tout au long de la semaine à la Sud de France Arena, Félix Auger-Aliassime, tête de série numéro deux du tournoi, a su imposer son jeu. Le Canadien d’origine togolaise s’est imposé en finale face à l’Américain Aleksandar Kovacevic en trois sets (6-2, 6-7, 7-6). Grâce à un service puissant et une grande patience, Auger-Aliassime a dominé son adversaire, réalisant 19 as et remportant 78 % de ses premières balles. “Mon service a été déterminant aujourd’hui. Il m’a permis...

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on January 20 announced that it is mobilizing strong support to help Tanzania contain the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak after the country confirmed one case and identified 25 suspected cases in the northwestern region of Kagera. To support the Tanzanian government’s efforts, the African Union’s public health agency is committing US$ 2 million to bolster immediate response measures, including deploying public health experts, strengthening diagnostics, and enhancing case management. ALSO READ: Kirehe mayor ‘raising awareness’ after suspected Marburg outbreak in Tanzania This comes after Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed the country’s second outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in two years. Speaking at a joint news conference with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Hassan said that laboratory tests conducted at the Kabaile mobile laboratory in the northwestern Kagera region and later confirmed in Dar...

Portsudan — Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to supervise their joint borders to prevent the infiltration of criminals and cooperate to recover the Sudanese loot that entered South Sudan during the war. This was announced by the Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Khalil Pasha Sayreen, in a press statement at Portsudan International Airport after his participation in the 24th Ministerial Meeting of the East African Police Cooperation Organization (EAPCCO) and the 26th Regular Conference of the organization, held recently in Rwanda. Sayreen said that he discussed with his South Sudanese counterpart, on the sidelines of the conference, internal security issues against the backdrop of attacks on Sudanese and South Sudanese citizens in both countries, separately, where the meeting confirmed that the attacks were individual cases. Lt. Gen. Sayreen affirmed that Sudan participated in the meetings of sub-committees, ministerial and permanent coordination committees and the directors-general of police. He explained...