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Le président de la République Paul Biya a signé le Décret N°2024/610 relatif au financement partiel du projet d’électrification rurale par système solaire photovoltaïque de 200 localités. Dans un décret signé le 25 novembre 2024, Paul Biya a habilité Alamine Ousmane Mey, ministre de l’Economie, de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, à conclure l’accord avec Afreximbank. « Le Ministre de l’Economie, de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire est habilité, avec faculté de délégation, à signer avec la Banque Africaine d’Export-Import (AFREXIMBANK), un Contrat de Crédit d’un montant de 38 100 000 d’euros, soit environ 24.86 milliards de FCFA, pour le financement partiel du projet d’électrification rurale par système solaire photovoltaïque de 200 localités », indique le décret du président de la République. A noter qu’il s’agit du deuxième financement que le Cameroun prend auprès de cette banque. En mars 2023, le gouvernement du Cameroun et la...

The Technical Committee put in place by the Osun State Government to oversee the execution of its proposed airport project has dismissed allegations of nepotism in its decision to relocate the project to Ede, the hometown of Governor Ademola Adeleke from its present Ido Osun location. A member of the committee, Mr. Lai Oriowo, while explaining reasons why the project had to move from its present location to a more suitable site at a press briefing in Osogbo, the state capital, on Wednesday, said the decision to relocate the project was made after considering certain conditions that must be met before the initiative could see the light of the day. It would be recalled that indigenes of Ido Osun had on Tuesday held a peaceful protest against the plan by the state government to relocate the project. During the protest held majorly by youths under the aegis of Ido-Osun Youth...

Emirates, one of the world’s leading international airlines, has unveiled its first Airbus A350-900. The state-of-the-art aircraft was showcased at an exclusive event in Dubai on Wednesday. The Emirates A350 features three spacious cabin classes, accommodating 312 passengers in 32 next-generation Business Class lie-flat seats, 21 Premium Economy seats and 259 generously pitched Economy Class seats. The A350’s introduction will enable Emirates to expand into new destinations globally, including mid-sized airports unsuited for larger aircraft. Emirates launches new Airbus A350 The Emirates A350 will be delivered in two versions—one for regional routes and one for ultra-long-haul routes. The airline plans to make its first scheduled commercial A350 flight to Edinburgh on 3 January 2025. In the months to follow, customers can look forward to experiencing the Emirates A350 in existing GCC points like Bahrain, Muscat and Kuwait, Lyon and Bologna in Europe, and Colombo, Mumbai and Ahmedabad in West...

In mid-1997, Nadi’s first community television prepared to go into operation. An article published in The Fiji Times on May 3. 1997, stated that an announcement was made by John Yates of Community Television soon after he was presented a three-year licence by the then Information minister, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola. Mr Yates and his wife Regina first put a proposal to the government in 1995. The plan was to begin with two-hour programs in the evening. “We have everything in place and now we’re ready to get the finance from whoever’s interested to come in and support community television,” Mrs Yates said. “In the first day of asking around, we’ve had aid organisations and 700 people volunteer their services. “We will be doing educational programs across the board for every age group, helping in any way for literacy, music, cultural and religious programs. In fact, anything that will be able...

Cook Islander Charlene Hoff, left, a young climate negotiator, at the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. SPREP/24112537 From Rarotonga to Azerbaijan, Charlene Hoff, a young woman negotiator, has grown in the UN Climate Summit process. Since her first COP three years ago in Sharm El Sheikh in 2022, Hoff sat at the front table behind the Cook Islands flag making interventions at COP29 held from November 11-22 November in Baku. While as a policy officer within the Office of the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Hoff attended her first Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP) in Egypt in 2022. Participating as a youth delegate, she was funded by the Pacific Youth Council through different agencies of the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific, including the Secretariat of the...

Voters in Namibia are casting ballots to elect a new president and parliament in polls that could result in the country’s first female head of state being elected. Around 1.4 million people — roughly half of country’s population — are eligible to vote. Incumbent Nangolo Mbumba took over as interim president following the death of Hage Geingob in February and as such is not in the running for this election. Namibia’s ruling party challenged in tense election To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Who is in contention? The country’s Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah from the ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO), which has governed without interruption since independence in 1990, is considered the frontrunner. Namibia has been battling with high rates of youth unemployment, an issue the 72-year-old career politician has promised to tackle along with investment in green energy,...