Category: African Business
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🇬🇭Ghana’s Cedi Strengthens Marginally Against Major Currencies
Ghana’s local currency, the cedi, has recorded slight gains against major trading currencies, particularly the US dollar, at various forex bureaus across the country. This development brings cautious optimism among businesses and consumers who have closely monitored the cedi’s performance amidst economic fluctuations. A Positive Turn for the Cedi Over the past weeks, traders and…
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🇬🇧🇲🇺SPECIAL REPORT: Britain’s ‘Great Experiment’ in Mauritius—A Legacy of Exploitation and Division
When Britain took control of Mauritius from the French in 1810, it would later introduce what it called the “Great Experiment”—the abolition of slavery in 1835. Framed as a moral move to demonstrate the superiority of free labor over slavery, this policy was, in reality, a calculated economic strategy that replaced one form of oppression…
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🇸🇱 Sierra Leone’s Immigration Chief Fired Over Alleged Ties to Fugitive Drug Lord
In a recent development that has sent shockwaves through Sierra Leone’s political landscape, President Julius Maada Bio dismissed the nation’s Chief Immigration Officer, Alusine Kanneh. This action followed the release of footage depicting Kanneh receiving a birthday gift from Johannes Leijdekkers, a notorious Dutch drug lord and one of Europe’s most wanted fugitives. The Controversial…
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🇨🇩Congo suspends cobalt exports for four months amid glut
The Democratic Republic of Congo says it’s suspending cobalt exports for four months to rein in oversupply of the battery metal on the international market. Cobalt production in Congo – which produces about three-quarters of the material used in electric-vehicle batteries – has soared in recent years, as China’s CMOC Group Ltd. ramped up output…
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🇲🇦 IS in Sahel expands terror threat beyond strongholds
On Feb. 24, the Moroccan counterterror agency broke up a terrorist cell calling itself “the Lions of the Caliphate in the Maghreb Al Aqsa.” Authorities said the group was making remote-controlled bombs to carry out attacks in the North African country. In November, a similar terrorist cell was dismantled in the Spanish cities of Seville…
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🇦🇷Seven doctors face trial for homicide in Maradona’s death
Seven members of the medical team that treated Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona before his death will go on trial for homicide starting Tuesday in Buenos Aires. The case revolves around allegations that negligence by the health care professionals contributed to the World Cup winner’s death in 2020 at the age of 60, which triggered…
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🇳🇬 From Electric Pioneer to Blackout Capital: Why Lagos Runs on Generators and Candles
Lagos became one of the first African cities to have electricity when its first power station was commissioned in 1896, even before some major European cities. However, Nigeria’s current electricity crisis, forcing many Lagos residents to rely on generators and candles, is due to several factors: 1. Colonial Infrastructure and Neglect The initial power systems…
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🇬🇭🇳🇪 Ghana’s President John Mahama Arrives in Niamey
Ghanaian President John Mahama has arrived in Niamey, where he was warmly received at Diori Hamani International Airport by Niger’s leader, Brigadier General Abdourahamane Tchiani, along with the Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance. During the meeting, both sides emphasized the need for cooperation in addressing regional security threats and expanding economic opportunities.…
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🇳🇬Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Nigeria’s Senate President Spark National Uproar
Pan-African News Blog Abuja, Nigeria – A political firestorm has erupted in Nigeria following allegations of sexual harassment leveled against Senate President Godswill Akpabio by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The claims, which have been met with swift political repercussions and nationwide protests, have reignited discussions on gender discrimination, accountability, and the treatment of women in African…
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🇹🇿Our ancestors were making bone tools a million years earlier than thought
Archaeologists have discovered the earliest known bone tools, pushing back evidence of their use by around a million years. The find suggests early humans had more advanced tool-making skills than previously thought. These 27 fossilised bones, shaped into tools 1.5 million years ago, are rewriting the history of early human technology. The collection, found in…
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