Category: African Business
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Senegalese President is “horrified” by the “heinous” attempt to kill Trump
💬 “The universal democratic values and freedom of choice of the American people must not be silenced,” Bassirou Diomaye Faye wrote on X.
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Earth Directed Solar Flares and Multiple Radio Blackouts from Big Sunspots AR3738
Big Sunspot AR3738 Unleashed 5 M-Class Solar Flares. The strongest event of the period was an M5.3 flare (R2-Moderate) 13/12: 42 UTC. Associated with the event was a Type II radio sweep (est. 297 km/s), however, no discernable CMEs were observed in subsequent coronagraph imagery. At 13/23:01 UTC, Region 3738 also produced an impulsive M5.0-class…
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Sun Fires Off a Major X-Class Solar Flare
Sunspot AR3738 erupted on July 14th (0235 UT), producing an X1.2-class solar flare. So far, no CMEs have been detected in available coronagraph imagery. The explosion might not have lasted long enough to lift a CME out of the sun’s atmosphere. The region became very active the past 24 hours with multiple M-Flares detected leading…
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Niger and Chad reportedly relaunch the Niger-Chad-Cameroon pipeline project and renew the gasoil supply contract
A Chadian delegation led by the Minister of Oil, Mines and Geology, Ndolenodji Alixe Naimbaye, has been on a working visit to Niger since Wednesday, media reported. This visit aims to relaunch the Niger-Chad-Cameroon pipeline project and renew the gasoil supply contract in Chad. The pipeline relaunch allows crude oil to be exported from Niger…
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Intensifying Congo conflict puts 1 mln children at risk of acute malnutrition
More than one million children are at risk from acute malnutrition in Democratic Republic of Congo as rising violence drives up needs among millions of displaced people, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The impact on civilians of the more than two-year conflict between Congolese forces and the Rwanda-backed M23 militia in eastern areas…
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Mali airlines are suspending domestic and international flights due to fuel shortages.
Bamako, July 12, 2024 — Mali Airlines has announced the suspension of all domestic and international flights due to a severe fuel shortage that has hit the country. The airline, which serves as a critical link for both passengers and cargo within Mali and beyond, cited an inability to secure adequate fuel supplies as the…
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Inmates escape Niger prison holding militants
Niger’s interior ministry said it had ordered search units to be on alert after inmates escaped on Thursday from the high-security Koutoukale prison whose inmates include Islamist militants. The ministry statement did not say how many prisoners had escaped Koutoukale, which lies 50 km (30 miles) northwest of the capital Niamey, or how they had…
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Zimbabwe must use the ZiG to “break free from the US dollar grip” and thrive economically, official says
Using the ZiG as legal money will boost economic sovereignty and eliminate foreign currency dependency, Information Secretary Nick Mangwana said in an opinion piece published in the local newspaper. “The benefits of de-dollarization far outweigh the costs, making it an urgent imperative for Zimbabwe to break free from the US dollar’s grip,” he said.”The US…
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Cameroon President Paul Biya has postponed parliamentary and local elections to 2026.
Voting will take place after the 2025 presidential elections. According to Presidential Minister Delegate François Wakata Bolvinet, this is necessary to facilitate the election calendar, as four elections were originally scheduled for one year.
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Lower growth forecast for Zimbabwe as drought ravages crop yields
Zimbabwe has revised its economic growth forecast downwards as southern Africa’s worst drought in decades ravages crop yields, its finance minister told on Wednesday, but a bounceback in growth is likely in 2025.Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said economic growth is forecast at 2% for 2024, down from 3.5% forecast in November, due to an El…
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