Category: Africa

NIGERIA’S PLASTIC BOTTLE COLLECTORS TURN WASTE INTO WEALTH: SURVEY SHEDS LIGHT ON THEIR MOTIVATION

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  Image: Photo by Gideon Oladimeji on Unsplash Save Wed 19 February 2025: Plastic waste in Nigeria presents a dual challenge: cleaning up environmental pollution, and tapping into its economic potential. Many countries worldwide face similar challenges. India, for one, has chosen policies that give producers of plastic the responsibility to manage their waste. Rwanda has banned single-use plastic and […]

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HEALTH DEPARTMENT CALLS FOR CALM AMID HFMD OUTBREAK

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Wed 19 February 2025: The Department of Health has called for calm following an outbreak of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in KwaZulu-Natal, mostly around the Durban area.  In a statement on Tuesday, the department assured the public that it was working closely with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, monitoring the situation while […]

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NORTHERN MALI REBELS SAY ARMY KILLED 24 CIVILIANS, ARMY REPORTS CLASHES

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Tue 18 February 2025: A Tuareg-dominated rebel alliance in northern Mali accused Malian soldiers, accompanied by Russian Wagner mercenaries, of killing 24 civilians travelling north to Algeria from the city of Gao, as the army reported clashes in the region. Mali, led by a military junta, has for more than a decade battled jihadist groups […]

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ZAMBIA’S PRESIDENT CALLS USAID FUNDING FREEZE A WAKE-UP CALL FOR AFRICA

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Tue 18 February 2025: Zambia’s president has said the American aid agency (USAID) freeze on funding to Africa serves as a wake-up call for the continent to strengthen its capacity to mobilize and manage resources locally and effectively. Hakainde Hichilema said that the impact of the funding withdrawal cannot be overstated, urging African nations to […]

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UN CHIEF SAYS THERE’S NO EXCUSE FOR LACK OF PERMANENT AFRICA SEAT ON SECURITY COUNCIL

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Tue 18 February 2025: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that there is no excuse that Africa still lacks permanent representation on the UN Security Council. Guterres was in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, attending the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union, which began […]

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SOUTH AFRICA OPEN TO NUCLEAR PROJECT BIDS FROM RUSSIA OR IRAN, SAYS MINISTER

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Tue 18 February 2025: South Africa could turn to Russia or Iran to expand its civilian nuclear power capacity, a senior government minister has said. This is a stance that analysts say could deepen a rift with the US and delay further the renewal of a strategic energy pact, Reuters has reported. South Africa, which operates Africa’s […]

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SUDAN’S BURHAN SAYS WILL NOT ACCEPT ‘FOREIGN-IMPOSED SOLUTIONS’

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Tue 18 February 2025: Sudan’s Sovereign Council leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Monday that the Sudanese people will not accept any externally imposed solutions. “The Sudanese people will ultimately prevail, whether others like it or not, and they will not accept any foreign-imposed solutions,” Burhan told a conference in Darfur province in western Sudan. “The […]

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AFRICAN AIR FORCE CHIEFS GATHER IN ZAMBIA TO DISCUSS HUMANITARIAN AID, DISASTER RELIEF COOPERATION

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Mon 17 February 2025: Air force commanders from 40 African countries have gathered in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, to discuss collaboration on humanitarian aid and disaster relief. Addressing the 14th Annual African Air Chiefs (AAAC) symposium 2025 of the Association of African Air Forces (AAAF), Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema said disaster risks transcend borders and […]

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WHY THE PRICE OF YOUR FAVORITE CHOCOLATE WILL CONTINUE TO RISE

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Mon 17 February 2025: Valentine’s Day often conjures images of chocolates and romance. But the crop behind this indulgence faces an existential threat. Regions like northeastern Brazil, one of the world’s notable cocoa-producing areas, are grappling with increasing aridity – a slow, yet unrelenting drying of the land. Cocoa is made from the beans of […]

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