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From the Field: Ethiopia’s worst drought threatens ‘deadly consequences’ for women
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Women and girls face “deadly consequences” in the Somali region of Ethiopia due to the worst drought conditions for forty years, according to the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA. A family in the Somali region of Ethiopia build a temporary shelter after fleeing their home., by © UNFPA Ethiopia/Paula Seijo More than 286,000 people have …
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Mali: UN condemns second ‘cowardly’ attack in three days against peacekeepers
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Two Egyptian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, were killed on Friday – the second fatal attack this week on a peacekeeping convoy in the West African country.  The blue helmets were killed, and another injured, when their Armoured Personnel Carrier hit an improvised explosive device outside the town of Douentza, located …
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Africa: Dramatic drop forecast in COVID deaths, but no time to ‘sit back and relax’
NEW YORK, USA, 03rd June 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/-COVID-19 deaths in Africa are forecast to decrease by 94 per cent this year compared to last year the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. That’s down from a “catastrophically high” average of 970 fatalities each day last year to around 60 a day by …
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New Coca-Cola Bottling Plant Launches In Ethiopia
Standard Bank enables Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in launching fifth plant in Ethiopia Standard Bank’s comprehensive funding solution has facilitated the opening of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa’s (CCBA) new bottling plant in Ethiopia, which is set to bring further impetus to the growth of the country’s manufacturing capacity. The plant is located on a 14.4 hectares (ha) …
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Japanese Green-Energy Firm Gets Go Ahead For Night-time BVLOS Flights
FlytBase, an enterprise drone autonomy platform company, is proud to announce that its partner, afterFIT, a Japanese renewable energy firm, has received approval to fly autonomous drones Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) at night, a first in Japan. The approval has been granted by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. afterFIT has been …
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African Leaders In Sports, Business, Art And Health Convene To Join The Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
Attendees joined the event co-hosted by award-winning broadcaster Benny Bonsu, the END Fund, and the Global First Ladies Alliance  Ki Benny Bonsu, Director of Daily Content at the International Olympic Committee; the END Fund; and the Global First Ladies Alliance (GFLA) co-hosted a reception bringing together leaders in sports, business, art, and health from across …
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Eversend Reinforces Its Commitment To Users With An All-Inclusive Payment Platform
Eversend, a multi-currency payments platform for Africans and Africans in the diaspora that experience inconvenient and expensive financial services, has reinforced its commitment to users with an all-inclusive payment platform and a modified look to support this transition.  One key new feature is a B2B crypto-fiat payments application that enables businesses to accept cryptocurrency as …
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Tips For Choosing A Financial Adviser
By Clyde Parsons, Chief Innovations Officer, BrightRock Whether you’re getting married, divorced, become a parent, property owner, landed the job of your dreams, starting your dream business or retiring life happens.  With these changes, you’ll face varying degrees of financial responsibility. That’s why it’s important to keep tabs on your finances by seeking good, trustworthy …
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Transforming Africa: Just & Equitable Energy Transition
By Emily Karanja A global transition to lower-carbon energy sources is crucial for our species’ survival given the worsening effects of climate change. With many people increasingly advocating for a rapid shift from an energy system dependent on fossil fuels, questions on how to make this transition arise – one that is just and equitable, especially …
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Brand Activism And Generation Z: How To Make Your Brand Resonate
By Bianca Gardella, Business Unit Director, Irvine Partners The purchasing power of Generation Z is growing, and if your company isn’t paying attention, you could be missing out.  Engaging with this savvy generation, however, necessitates a different approach than when interacting with their elder peers. This generation values corporate social responsibility and brand advocacy. They …
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Tripoli Builds A Place for Joy and Happiness
The project organiser behind Libya’s first skatepark which opened over the weekend in Tripoli says that it was a dream come true because skaters in the country had wanted to build a skatepark there “since about 2013”. “It’s a place where there are skateboarders who are interested in promoting the sport in their country and …
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UK Snubs African Universities in Its Rankings
Britain will offer work visas to graduates from the world’s best universities in an expansion of its post-Brexit immigration system that is designed to attract the “best and brightest” workers. But no African universities are included in the list of eligible institutions. Under the scheme announced on Monday, graduates with a bachelor’s or master’s degree …
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Another Big Find for Egyptian Archaeologists
Archaeologists working near Cairo have uncovered hundreds of ancient Egyptian coffins and bronze statues of deities. The discovery at a cemetery in Saqqara contained statues of the gods Anubis, Amun, Min, Osiris, Isis, Nefertum, Bastet and Hathor along with a headless statue of the architect Imhotep, who built the Saqqara pyramid, according to Egypt’s ministry …
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Resolving Kenya’s Housing Crisis
In Kenya, the right to housing is embedded in the constitution, which provides that “Every person has the right to accessible and adequate housing, and to reasonable standards of sanitation.” Kenya needs to build 250,000 units annually for at least four years to plug its cumulative housing deficit of two million units. The lowest cost …
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Declining Wheat Supplies Force Small Businesses into a Corner
Mmachukwu Orizu started her baby formula business, Somma’s Yummies, six years ago after quitting her former job as a medical lab scientist. She uses grains such as corn, rice and brown wheat to make her recipes. She then packages them and prepares them for delivery. But because of Russia’s war in Ukraine, she’s not sure …
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Khartoum Not Impressed with Addis Over Filling GERD
Sudan has called recent statements from the director of Ethiopia’s controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Kifle Horo, as irresponsible for failing to consider Khartoum’s position ahead of the third filling of the dam. “Perhaps it is surprising that the Ethiopian official did not care about the potential damage to the Sudanese side, despite his …
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At the Egyptian Port of Damietta the Twin Impacts of Russia’s War on Ukraine Converge
Damietta’s grain silos are witness to the shortages of shipments caused by blockades on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast. The port is also home to one of Egypt’s two liquefied natural gas terminals, facilities that have moved squarely into Europe’s sights as it races to replace Russian gas. How those dual currents of food security and …
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