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Fact Check: Can Algeria Match Russia’s Gas Export Capacity In Europe?
Following severe sanctions on Russian exports since its invasion of Ukraine, Europe and the rest of the west are looking to Africa and the Middle East to make up for their energy needs. But is Africa ready to match or perhaps surpass Russia’s energy-exporting capacity within Europe and on a global scale? Last week, Algeria…
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How The Russian-Ukraine War Is Hurting Zimbabwe’s Struggling Economy
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine is causing a rippling effect in countries across the globe especially developing economies that depend on oil and other produce supplies from both countries. Zimbabwe is one of those countries that heavily rely on European nations for trade and gets at least half of its wheat from Russia.…
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Nigeria Launches Largest Fertilizer Plant In Africa Amid Surge In Food Prices
Nigeria may soon become a leading exporter of fertilizer with Dangote’s timely completion and launching of the world’s second-largest fertilizer plant. The high production capacity facility in Lagos, the commercial hub, adds to the existing output of 3.1 million tons in the West African nation and would contribute immensely to the global fertilizer market as…
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Senegal: Visualizing The Ongoing Conflict In The Casamance Region
On Sunday, March 13, 2022, security forces in Senegal launched a military operation against fighters of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MDFC), a separatist group in the southern region of the country. In an official document transmitted by the Gambian National Crisis Management Agency, a total of 6350 people were forced away from their…
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Mali Records Highest Cotton Production In The 2021-2022 Season
In Mali, food production and economic stability heavily rely on the production and exportation of cotton, after gold which covers up to 72% of the country’s total exports. As one of the four top cotton producers in sub-Saharan Africa, Mali’s cotton farmers are considered traditional high earners. However, the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic…
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Malawi Secures 6.8 Million Doses Of Oral Polio Vaccine
On Sunday, March 20, Malawi will launch a nationwide campaign to vaccinate kids against Polio after a case was recorded in February, the first in the country since 1992. The Southwestern African country secured 6.8 million doses of the oral polio vaccine intended to be administered to children under the age of five across all…
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Tropical Cyclone Gombe Death Toll Rises To 53 In Mozambique
The National Institute of Disaster Management (INGC) has announced the death of at least 53 persons after tropical Cyclone Gombe hit Mozambique last week. The institute announced another 80 people were injured and 400,000 affected since the cyclone swept into northern and central areas of the country, flooding towns and destroying houses. Additional data also…
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Why Tunisians Are Ignoring The President’s Call To Change The Constitution
In January, Tunisian President Kais Saied released an online questionnaire asking citizens to join in the process of rewriting the constitution. With just a few days to go until the portal closes on Sunday evening, only 412,000 people – less than six percent of the seven-million-strong electorate – have taken part in the consultation as…
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Google Brings Africa’s First Underwater Internet Cable To Togo
Tech giant Google has announced Togo would be the first landing for its new underwater internet cable infrastructure that would improve high-speed and affordable internet access to millions of people in Africa. This is one of the moves Google is making to initiate its plans to support “a range of initiatives from improved connectivity to investment in startups” across…
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Africa To Receive First Supply Of Paxlovid Antiviral COVID-19 Pills
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has developed a new antiviral covid-19 pill that would soon be made available in Africa, according to Africa’s Centre for Disease Control. Africa’s foremost public health agency signed a memorandum of understanding with Pfizer to bring supplies of the firm’s Paxlovid antiviral COVID-19 pills to the continent, to aid efforts to overcome…