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Ghana’s independent power producers have announced the suspension of a planned shutdown starting on July 1st.  In a statement released late on Friday, the group announced having reached a deal with state-run Electricity Company of Ghana over arrears owed to them. In May, the group of independent power producers rejected a government proposal to restructure $1.58 billion in arrears owed… Read More

Rwandan political critic Paul Rusesabagina, internationally renowned for saving hundreds of people during the Tutsi genocide in 1994, denounced on Saturday the situation in the country. In his first public address since his surprise release from prison last March, the vocal opponent of Rwandan President Paul Kagame described the regime as authoritarian. The message was launched on a social media… Read More

On this episode of Inspire Africa in the story of the solar powered cooking stove developed by a young student in the Democratic Republic of Congo In Abuja, Nigeria, the-Pay-As-You Go secondary school providing children from low-income households access to qualitative education. And later on the show, we meet with Nigeria’s Tunde Onakoya, the award-winning chess master, coach and founder… Read More

This Saturday marks the start of the sea lion hunting season in Namibia. An estimated 86,000 fur seals will be slaughtered, despite declining demand for their fur and growing opposition from conservationists. Demand from European clients has fallen dramatically since an EU ban on sea lion fur was introduced in 2009. China is currently the main market. Animal protection associations… Read More

At least 48 people lost their lives after a truck lost control at a busy road junction in western Kenya and ploughed into other vehicles. The accident took place on Friday evening on the highway between the towns of Kericho and Nakuru. According to local police the truck “lost control and rammed into eight vehicles, several motorcycles, people who were by… Read More

Botswana and mining company De Beers have announced a new diamond sales deal.  The new deal, concluded on Friday, gives Botswana a bigger share of rough stones from their joint venture. Debswana, a joint venture between Anglo American unit De Beers and Botswana’s government, sells 75% of its output to De Beers, with the balance taken up by state-owned Okavango… Read More

The Nyala Turkish-Sudanese Teaching Hospital continues to provide medical services despite the ongoing clashes in the country. However, the hospital, which opened in 2014, is struggling to provide basic services to all of its patients. Khadija Awad, a patient with kidney failure, said “I used to do dialysis twice a week, but because of the conditions the country is going… Read More

Vast crowds of worshippers hurled pebbles in the “stoning of the devil” ritual Wednesday as the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the Covid pandemic draws to a close in Saudi Arabia. From dawn in Mina, hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims began pelting three concrete monoliths representing Satan under soaring temperatures before heading to Mecca for a final “tawaf” — circling… Read More

France must address deep issues of racial discrimination in its police, the United Nations said Friday, after a third night of unrest sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager. The death of 17-year-old Nahel during a traffic stop has revived longstanding grievances about policing and racial profiling in France’s low-income and multiethnic suburbs. “We are concerned by the… Read More

The UN Security Council on Friday voted to end a decade-old peacekeeping mission to Mali, whose military junta urged the troops’ removal as it aligns with Russia. The Security Council voted unanimously on a resolution that will immediately start winding down the Minusma mission, started in 2013 to prevent a jihadist takeover. The vote came two weeks after Malian Foreign… Read More