Nigeria: Reaction trails Lagos Banana Island building collapse/in /by
"There have been collapses and these collapses have been investigated. I am yet to hear or maybe I am not being so cognizant of what is happening, but I am yet to hear that Mr. X or Mr. Y has been sent to jail because he participated in the development of a building that has collapsed... "
Senegal gas project drives locals to desperation/in /by
Fishing has long been the community's lifeblood, but the industry struggled with climate change and COVID-19. Officials promised the drilling would soon bring thousands of jobs and diversification of the economy.
UN unable to feed refugees In Chad next month/in /by
"2023 is another very difficult year, whereby we have absolutely no funding from May onwards for the refugees and the displaced people. It's really catastrophic." Pierre Honnorat, WFP Country Director, Chad
France: Macron receives 9 former skirmishers returning to Senegal/in /by
French President Emmanuel Macron received nine former Senegalese riflemen living in France on Friday at the Élysée who have decided to return to their country of origin thanks to exceptional financial aid from the French state
IMF calls for help in Sub-saharan Africa to manage a severe financial shortage/in /by
Africa is facing a severe financing squeeze that, on the back of a series of unprecedented shocks, is disrupting economic growth and endangering its long-term development-IMF
Cameroon’s giant frogs threatened with extinction/in /by
The Cameroon Giant Frog is the largest frog in the world, growing up to 80cm with its legs stretched out. Due to intensive poaching, the future of this frog is very uncertain.
Women still occupy “marginal” place in food production- FAO/in /by
Men have greater ownership of land and woman 46 countries show that. Protection of woman land rights are low in 50 precent of the countries, and gender gaps in woman access to mobile internet in low- and middle-income countries narrow from 35 percent to 16 percent.” FAO Chief Economist
South Africans fear energy crisis could hinder investment pledges/in /by
south Africans fear energy crisis could hinder investment pledges
Launch of Kenya’s 1st observation satellite aborted again/in /by
Satellite Taifa-1 was supposed take off from California USA on Friday (Apr. 14) but exploration technology company Space X, cancelled the exercise nearly 28 seconds into flight. The new launch is scheduled on Saturday (Apr. 15).
Congo: a new opposition platform for an alternative in 2026/in /by
This new opposition platform includes the Rally for Democracy and Development (RDD) of former president Jacques Joachim Yhomby Opango, who died in 2020 and led the Congo between 1977 and 1979 under Marxism-Leninism, as well as the Movement of Republicans (MR) and the People's Party (PAPE).