Senegal’s budget deficit, weaker fiscal and debt position prompts Moody’s to lower it to B1 rating

Senegal’s budget deficit, weaker fiscal and debt position prompts Moody’s to lower it to B1 rating

Ratings agency Moody’s on Friday downgraded Senegal’s long-term ratings to B1 from Ba3, citing significantly weaker fiscal and debt position than expected. Senegal is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for corrective measures after an audit ordered by newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye revealed the 2023 budget...

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Solar power companies are growing fast in Africa, where 600 million still lack electricity

Solar power companies are growing fast in Africa, where 600 million still lack electricity

The International Energy Agency, in a report earlier this year, said small and medium-sized solar companies are making rapid progress reaching homes but more needs to be invested to reach all African homes and businesses by 2030.

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Athletics Integrity Unit provisionally suspends Kenyan cross country runner Anyango for doping

Athletics Integrity Unit provisionally suspends Kenyan cross country runner Anyango for doping

The 24-year-old Emmaculate Anyango Achol became the second woman to complete a 10km race in under 29 minutes (28:57), finishing second behind fellow Kenyan Agnes Jebet Ngetich, who set a world record with a time of 28:46 in Valencia in January.

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Rampaging Haitian gang slaughters 70, displaces 6,000 as impact of delayed UN force deployment is felt

Rampaging Haitian gang slaughters 70, displaces 6,000 as impact of delayed UN force deployment is felt

Police are alleged to have taken part in some mass killings. Gang leader Jimmy “Barbeque” Cherizier, a former police officer, was accused by the UN of planning and taking part in the 2018 killing of 71 civilians in the capital’s port-side neighborhood of La Saline.

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Democratic candidate Kamala Harris meets Arab American leaders in Michigan angry over Israel

Democratic candidate Kamala Harris meets Arab American leaders in Michigan angry over Israel

Harris, a Democrat, faces Republican former President Donald Trump on November 5 in what opinion polls show to be a tight presidential race. Both candidates have roughly even levels of support among Arab Americans, according to a poll published this week by the Arab American Institute.

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Federal judge declines request for court order by Black student who was punished over his hair

Federal judge declines request for court order by Black student who was punished over his hair

Daryll George’s request had come after Brown in August dismissed most of the claims the student and his mother had filed in their federal lawsuit alleging school district officials committed racial and gender discrimination when they punished him.

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