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How Xi's green vision sparks hope for a sustainable world
Beijing Review
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A herder checks the operation of a center-pivot irrigation system in an alfalfa field at the Livestock Demonstration Center in Idini village, Mauritania, on July 18 (XINHUA) On the edge of the Sahara Desert, Amadou Diarra grew up watching the wind...
Dare to be a contrarian and take the journey less travelled
The Citizen
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When it comes down to it, travel is all about the memories one creates, whether going to the farthest point in the world or eating raw meat with members of the Hadzabe tribe, who thrive away from civilisation. It's those moments that make the...
€17.2m solar project aims to lift Burkina Faso from among Africa’s least electrified countries
Business Insider Africa
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August 13, 2025
The funding will go toward building and operating an 18 MWp solar power plant in Dédougou, marking a key step in the government’s drive to expand renewable energy in Africa and cut dependence on costly, carbon-intensive power sources. The project...
Nigeria Needs Integrated and Efficient Transport System
The News Chronicle
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August 14, 2025
Since creation, man has been an itinerant being. It is against nature to have someone remain on the spot throughout life. Aside from walking around his or her surroundings, human beings like to explore their environment. Travelling, therefore,...
Xiconomics: How Xi's green vision sparks hope for a sustainable world
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- On the edge of the Sahara Desert, Amadou Diarra grew up watching the wind carry sand across the thin, tired grass. Villagers in his hometown in Mauritania moved with their herds, chasing pasture that grew scarcer each...
A Colonial Debt: Why Former Powers Must Fund Landlocked...
República
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As the LLDC3 (Landlocked Developing Countries) Summit convenes in Awaza, Turkmenistan this week, it is time for a frank conversation about historical responsibility and economic justice, particularly in light of the International Court of Justice...
African Development Bank backs Ethiopia’s cargo super-airport
Logistics Update Africa
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August 14, 2025
Ethiopia has launched its $10 billion Bishoftu International Airport project, with the African Development Bank as the initial mandated lead arranger, global coordinator, and book runner to mobilise nearly $8 billion of the required financing. The...
Inside CCM’s strategy to make Tanzania transport hub in East Africa
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. With bold pledges to complete the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), expand strategic highways, and transform key ports, Tanzania’s ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has unveiled an ambitious vision to turn the country into East...
Burunga : shirtages of Brarudi products are stifling businesses amid water and power outages
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, August 10, 2025 – For the past week, shopkeepers in the town center of Bururi distris, in Burunga province in the south of the country, have been sounding the alarm. Not a single product from the Burundi BreweryCompany...
Scancem nears 75 percent stake in Tanzania’s Tanga Cement after Sh13.3 billion block trade
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Tanga Cement PLC (TCCL) shares dominated trading on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) last week after a multi-billion-shilling block deal brought Scancem International DA closer to its target of acquiring a larger stake in the...
From Conflict to Climate Crusade, Refugees Lead the Charge in Kenya
Inter Press Service
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August 11, 2025
Active Citizens, Africa, Aid, Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Climate Change, Combating Desertification and Drought, Education, Energy, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Migration & Refugees, Natural Resources,...
Ethiopian, AfDB partnership takes off
Business Ghana
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Ethiopia’s ambition to build a new international airport that will rival some of the world’s biggest, took off on Monday with a monumental signing ceremony marking the African Development Bank’s role (www.AfDB.org) as the initial mandated lead...
Kenya Pushes for Ban Affecting 21 Countries
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 8, 2025
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has called upon the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) to enforce a ban on hazardous pesticides across its member states. Speaking on Friday, August 8, Kagwe warned that the continued...
Kenya urges uniform Comesa ban on hazardous pesticides
The Standard
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Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe during the 9th Joint Comesa ministerial meeting on agriculture, natural resources and environment in Lusaka on Friday. [Courtesy] Kenya is now calling for a regional crackdown on hazardous pesticides...
Blackout in Bujumbura : Regideso’s negligence brings the city to its knees
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 8, 2025 – For more than 48 hours, the commercial capital of Burundi has been in slow motion. A widespread power outage has plunged Bujumbura into a crisis situation that is profoundly affecting services,...
CS Kagwe calls for uniform ban on pesticides in COMESA bloc to safeguard food safety
Citizen TV Kenya
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August 8, 2025
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has called for an urgent crackdown on the use of hazardous pesticides within the COMESA bloc, warning that continued circulation of banned agrochemicals in some member states poses a threat to food...
The case for decolonising global south economies
Zimbabwe Independent
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Remittances refer to funds transferred by migrants to their home countrie A book excerpt from Artificial Intelligence: A Driver of Inclusive Development and Shared Prosperity for The Global South Most countries in the Global South grapple with the...
From Africa and Asia to Arizona - Building New Lives in Tucson
AZPM - Arizona
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While the Trump administration wants to significantly reduce the number of refugees and asylum seekers allowed into the United States, there are already thousands of people in our community who came here through these legal channels and are...
The $10 Billion Mega-Airport Financing Partnership Between Ethiopian Airlines And African Development Bank Takes Off
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, August 13, 2025/APO Group/ -- Ethiopia's ambition to build a new international airport that will rival some of the world's biggest, took off on Monday with a monumental signing ceremony...
From Africa and Asia to Arizona - Building New Lives in Tucson
AZPM - Arizona
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While the Trump administration wants to significantly reduce the number of refugees and asylum seekers allowed into the United States, there are already thousands of people in our community who came here through these legal channels and are...