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Ethiopia’s mega-dam on the Nile, being inaugurated on Tuesday, is expected to provide a huge boost to the economy and double electricity production in a country where nearly half the population lacks power. – Megastructure -The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is touted as the largest hydroelectric facility in Africa. The $4-billion megastructure stretches nearly two kilometres …

Ethiopia’s multi-billion-dollar dam promises economic boostFri, 05 Sep 2025 05:53:00 GMT Read More »

Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest hydroelectric project being inaugurated Tuesday, promises an “energy revolution” for the country but has been a source of deep tensions with neighbouring Egypt for more than a decade.For Ethiopia, the dam is a national project of historic scale and a rare unifying symbol in a country torn apart …

Ethiopia’s megadam: energy revolution and diplomatic crisisFri, 05 Sep 2025 05:52:44 GMT Read More »

Jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda have launched a blitz of raids on Malian industrial sites run by foreign firms, especially Chinese, as a tactic to undermine the ruling junta.While present across wider west Africa, the powerful Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, known by its Arabic acronym JNIM, represents the greatest threat to the …

Chinese firms pay price of jihadist strikes against Mali juntaFri, 05 Sep 2025 05:26:10 GMT Read More »

Cape Verde, an island nation off the west coast of Africa with a population of about 525,000, stayed on track for a first World Cup appearance by winning 2-0 in Mauritius on Thursday.Portugal-based Jovane Cabral scored after 22 minutes in the village of Saint-Pierre and Diney Borges, who plays for a United Arab Emirates club, …

Cape Verde islanders win to stay on course for World Cup debutThu, 04 Sep 2025 21:18:00 GMT Read More »

Rescuers have recovered 370 bodies from a landslide that wiped out a remote mountain village in Sudan’s Darfur region, a local civilian leader said on Thursday.The disaster struck the village of Tarasin, located high in the Jebel Marra range, on Sunday following one of the worst downpours of Sudan’s rainy season, which peaks in August.Up …

Sudan rescuers pull 370 bodies from Darfur landslideThu, 04 Sep 2025 16:13:44 GMT Read More »

Cash-strapped and in dire need of 30,000 naira (about $20), Mariam Ogundairo turned to a loan app, downloading it and registering her phone number. The money was quickly sent over but came with a 21.6 percent interest rate, due in two weeks. Like many in Nigeria, battered by inflation, Ogundairo was too broke to pay back …

Digital loan sharks prey on inflation-hit NigeriansThu, 04 Sep 2025 05:54:07 GMT Read More »

Sudan has recovered 270 bodies from under the mud after a landslide buried a remote mountain village in the Darfur region, a civilian leader under the rebel group controlling the area said Wednesday.Heavy rains triggered the landslip which almost wiped out the village of Tarasin in the Jebel Marra range, the Abdulwahid al-Nur faction of …

Sudan recovers 270 bodies after Darfur landslide: rebel groupWed, 03 Sep 2025 15:52:01 GMT Read More »

Rescue teams have recovered 100 bodies from under the mud after a landslide buried a remote mountain village in Sudan’s Darfur region, the rebel group that controls the area said Wednesday.Heavy rains triggered the landslip which almost wiped out the village of Tarasin in the Jebel Marra range, the Abdulwahid al-Nur faction of the Sudan …

Sudan recovers 100 bodies after Darfur landslide: rebel groupWed, 03 Sep 2025 10:20:03 GMT Read More »

Marieme Ndiaye emerged from her igloo-shaped home in Senegal’s capital, its 1950s space-age aesthetic in sharp contrast with the boxy, multi-storey apartments being built nearby.The little concrete house is a head-turner, seemingly better suited for a sci-fi movie than the average Dakar residential block where it is located.In the 1950s, around 1,200 of the tidy …

In Senegal, the last of Dakar’s ‘bubble homes’ at riskWed, 03 Sep 2025 05:33:16 GMT Read More »

Ten years after a beach attack that killed 30 Britons and delivered a crippling blow to Tunisia’s tourism industry, European holidaymakers are finally returning in what authorities hope will be record-breaking numbers.In June 2015, a Tunisian university student slipped a rifle out of a beach umbrella and opened fire on vacationers outside a hotel in …

Tunisia sees European tourist numbers rebound decade after attackWed, 03 Sep 2025 04:11:18 GMT Read More »