BEIJING, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The 5th Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation (the “Forum”) opened on August 25 in Beijing, China, combining online and offline events and sessions. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Senegal President Macky Sall, who is the African Co-Chair of FOCAC, sent congratulatory letters to the Forum. Huang Kunming, a member of […]
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GLOBELEQ PARTNERS WITH GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT TO DEVELOP A LARGE-SCALE GREEN HYDROGEN PROJECT
LONDON and CAIRO, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Globeleq, the leading independent power company in Africa, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA), the General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), the Sovereign Fund of Egypt for Investment and Development (TSFE), and the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company […]
Uganda’s Perennial Floods Cast the Spotlight on the Region’s Climate Change-Related Disasters
Eastern Uganda, Yusuf Munyifa was asleep when he received a phone call from a friend to tell him that his shop had been washed away, following torrential rains that pounded the town of Mbale in eastern Uganda.“The water was [a lot] and it came from the…
Medic: 18 Die as Madagascar Police Shoot at Albino Kidnap Protesters
Eighteen people died Monday after police in Madagascar opened fire on what they called a lynch mob angered at the kidnapping of an albino child, a senior doctor told AFP.Dozens were wounded, some of them seriously.”At the moment, 18 people have died i…
Ripping off the Band Aid: Putting people at the centre of the humanitarian system
Hunger in East Africa doubles in one year with response branded “hugely inadequate”The response of the international community in responding to the early warning signs of a hunger crisis in East Africa has been branded “hugely inadequate” as hunger mor…
For survivors of trafficking, overcoming stigma and rejection upon return is another hurdle
Benin City– “It was not easy. Starting all over again. It was not easy then, but I have overcome things like that, I’m OK. I’m getting better.”Chinedu* sits at her sewing machine surrounded by piles of colourful fabrics and rolls of thread. She is fini…