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Top 10 African countries with the highest diesel prices in June 2025
Business Insider Africa
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June 17, 2025
One of the most apparent implications of high fuel prices is a significant rise in transportation and logistics costs. Because trucks and long-haul vehicles mostly operate on diesel, rising prices imply increasing expenses for transporting...
Burundi : in Cibitoke, armed Imbonerakure sowed electoral fear
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, June 10, 2025 – Investigation. In Cibitoke (northwestern Burundi), in the days leading up to the June 5 elections, weapons were discreetly distributed to the Imbonerakure. The objective : to intimidate the opposition....
World Insights: Chinese technologies inject new momentum into development of African countries
Xinhua News Agency
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by Xinhua writers Zhou Haojin, Liang Ziqi, Zhang Yujie CHANGSHA, China, June 17 (Xinhua) -- A small booth showcasing perennial rice technology developed by a Chinese company gathered a large crowd, with many of the visitors from Africa avidly...
Army Says Tanks Didn’t Damage DC’s Streets; Trump Attends, Leaves G-7 Summit; and an Alligator Got Escorted Out of Fairfax
Washingtonian
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June 17, 2025
Photo illustration by Emma Spainhoward with photograph by Getty Images. Good morning. Humidity will increase today, with persistent shower chances and a high around 83. Showers and thunderstorms possible overnight with a low around 71. The...
Govt: National debt sustainable
Daily News Tanzania
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June 17, 2025
DODOMA: THE national debt remains in sustainable levels over medium and long term, despite its rising trend, the government has said. Minister for Finance Dr Mwigulu Nchemba said last week that the debt reached 107.7tri/- as of April 2025, driven...
Police FC coach Etienne hails players, management after clinching league title
Citizen TV Kenya
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June 17, 2025
Kenya Police FC players celebrate during their FKF Premier League match against Bandari FC at the Mbaraki Sports Club in Mombasa. Police won 3-0. (PHOTO/Mark Mutuku) Police FC head coach Etienne Ndayiragije has hailed the impressive shift the...
Burundi: National Energy Compact takes shape
ESI Africa
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June 6, 2025
A significant step forward in Burundi’s energy landscape was marked with the announcement of a $600,000 project development grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), facilitated through a partnership with the African Development...
Tanzania sees new dawn after completion of mega construction projects
Daily News Tanzania
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June 8, 2025
MWANZA: Minister of Works, Abdallah Ulega, has stated that the construction of the JP Magufuli Bridge (Kigongo – Busisi), which spans 3 kilometers, will significantly ease transportation and logistics services, thereby boosting the economy of...
Could Africa's Forever War Finally End?
Foreign Affairs
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June 17, 2025
President Donald Trump’s second-term attempts at brokering peace in Gaza and Ukraine have gained little traction. But there is one place where the United States’ involvement might yet help bring peace: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where...
AfDB and Anzana Electric power up Burundi’s energy future with $600k grant to Weza Power
Africa Business Communities
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The African Development Bank (AfDB), has announced a $600k project development grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to support Weza Power, a public-private partnership (PPP)-backed private utility aiming to rapidly expand...
US May Ban Entry to Citizens of 36 More States: Rubio Memo
Asia Financial
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June 16, 2025
The Trump administration is considering scaling up its travel restrictions and could potentially ban citizens from 36 more countries from entering the United States – including two more from Asia: Cambodia and Bhutan. Earlier this month, the...
Tanzania Construction Industry Report 2025: Output To Grow At An AAGR Of 7.7% During 2026-2029, Supported By Investments In Transport And Water Infrastructure Projects
MENAFN
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June 5, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Unlock growth opportunities in Tanzania's construction sector with insights on market trends and forecasts from 2025-2029. Explore investment impacts, key projects, and industry dynamics across commercial,...
Bukinanyana – Violent clashes in Kibira : at least 12 FLN rebels killed by the Burundian army
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, May 30, 2025 – A large-scale operation conducted by the Burundi National Defense Forces (FDNB) in the natural forest of Kibira, on the border with Rwanda, resulted in violent clashes with armed elements of the National...
The Florina party wraps up its campaign in Rugombo by focusing on agriculture and fisheries
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Rugombo, June 2, 2025 — Closing her election campaign in the district of Rugombo, in Cibitoke province (northwestern Burundi) on Sunday, Florina party chairperson Cécile Nshimirimana presented a platform focused on supporting...
Nuclear energy competition: 13 young Africans recognised
ESI Africa
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June 2, 2025
Thirteen young people from six African countries have been recognised for their creative exploration of nuclear technologies, underpinned by their understanding of the sector’s past, present and future. The winners of the 2025 edition of its...
CRDB Bank partners with BPC to upgrade card and payment systems
IBS Intelligence
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By Puja Sharma CRDB Bank, a private universal bank in Tanzania, has partnered with BPC, a global payment solutions platform, to migrate its acquiring and issuing systems to a BPC’s next-generation SmartVista platform. The strategic move enabled...
Australian neighbours in possible new 36-nation US travel ban, but America-bound Aussie travel grows
KARRYON
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June 16, 2025
The memo, seen by The Washington Post, shows the new restrictions would apply to 25 African nations, including Egypt, as well as numerous countries in the Caribbean and Central Asia. Multiple Pacific Island nations also feature in the list,...
Geothermal energy: Blowing steam up Africa’s Rift Valley
ESI Africa
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May 28, 2025
If fully developed, the geothermal capacity in Africa would yield an energy capacity five times greater than the current world leader, the US. The bulk of this would come from the spectacularly unexploited East African Rift System (EARS), which...
Gitega : public services paralyzed by the CNDD-FDD election campaign
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, May 17, 2025 – While the election campaign is in full swing in Gitega, Burundi’s political capital, the public administration is running at a standstill. The mobilization of government employees behind the CNDD-FDD is...
St. Kitts and Nevis Among Caribbean Nations Flagged by US State Department Over Citizenship by Investment Programmes
Win Media SKN
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June 16, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis—A recently leaked United States State Department memo has placed four Eastern Caribbean nations, including St. Kitts and Nevis, under new scrutiny, raising concerns over the future mobility of their citizens and...