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What will happen after the withdrawal of Spanish construction giant ACS from the Inga III mega hydroelectric dam project in the Democratic Republic of Congo? Answers in this issue. Actividades de Construccion y Servicios (ACS), the Spanish construction and public works company, has announced its withdrawal from the Inga III hydroelectric mega-dam project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As… Read More

Nigeria’s elections body has announced that 75 political parties had been deregistered for breaching regulations that govern their operations. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday said the affected parties “did not satisfy the requirement of the Fourth Alteration to the Constitution.” Prior to today’s exercise, Nigeria as Africa’s most populous nation with… Read More

Ethiopia has a new head of the Information Network Security Agency, INSA; the national cyber security outfit tasked with safeguarding the country’s information and information infrastructures. Prime Minister Abiy in a raft of recent appointments handed the portfolio to Shumete Gizaw who is his current chief of staff. Gizaw is Abiy’s third chief of staff since he took office in… Read More

Police in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa clashed with Orthodox Christians over a disputed piece of land leading to three deaths and several others injured, local portals reported. Police had moved in to destroy a structure on the said piece of land but they were resisted with force by faithful who were present. Police eventually fired live rounds and tear… Read More

Hundreds of people in Tunisia demonstrated on Wednesday in the centre of the capital Tunis against a recent Middle East plan by United States president Donald Trump. According to protesters, “Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan”:https://www.africanews.com/2020/01/29/twitter-uses-apartheid-label-for-trump-s-israeli-palestine-plan/ was at best “The Deal of Shame,” they also calling for the boycott of all American products. The said plan has been firmly rejected by… Read More

Ghana’s ex-finance minister Dr. Kwabena Duffour was on Wednesday charged by an Accra High Court for alleged crimes, leading to collapse of one of the nation’s biggest local lenders during a banking crisis. He is accused of receiving 122 million dollars “knowing that it had been obtained by means of a criminal offense”, among other charges, according to court document.… Read More

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday at the start of a tour of southern Africa that will also take her to Angola. South Africa is Germany’s most important economic ally in Africa. The rainbow nation captures the bulk of German investment on the continent. Of the 2% of German exports to the continent, South Africa alone… Read More

It’s been ten months since fighting begun tearing Libya apart. Two rival authorities are jostling for power. For many Libyans, their fate is no longer in their hands. ‘‘We notice that in any tragedy that falls on Libya, from murdering children to all the aggression that the war criminal Haftar (military strongman Khalifa Haftar) is doing with all the support… Read More

The chili industry in Southern Pakistan risk destruction due to climate change. Farmers in Sunri suffered a 40 percent drop in production last year due to scorching temperatures and lack of rain. Mian Muhammad Saleem is the President of the Red Chilli Growers’ Association. In 2019 we have produced only 70 to 80,000 tons of red chilli crops. “We yielded… Read More

Authorities in Burkina Faso have announced presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on 22 November. The announcement was made Wednesday at the end of a Council of Ministers meeting held at the Kosyam presidential palace in the capital Ouagadougou. So how prepared really is the west african country for this especially in light of the insecurity issues being experienced… Read More