UK-based firm lines up project financing to connect 260 million people in Africa to electricity
The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that the number of people in Sub-Saharan Africa without power – 600 million – will be largely unchanged by 2030. Mini-grids, which are self-sufficient electricity grids that can serve households and businesses, have a critical role to play in bridging the gap. They are the least-cost method to bring electricity to over 260 million people.
Israeli ground troops advance into Gaza City, create corridor for foreign nationals and injured Palestinians to escape
Several hundred thousand Palestinians remain in northern Gaza in the path of the fighting. Casualties on both sides are expected to rise as Israeli troops advance toward the dense residential neighbourhoods of Gaza City. Israeli officials say Hamas’ military infrastructure, including tunnels, is concentrated in the city.
Without peace to keep, UN winds up its missions in Africa, experts wary of risky security vacuum
Half of the UN’s 12 peacekeeping missions are in Africa, comprises about 86,000 military, police and civilian personnel. MONUSCO and MINUSMA, two of the biggest and most expensive operations, are working to fully withdraw by the end of 2023.
US’ strong backing of Israel’s war against Hamas baffles allies who can’t predict Washington’s next move
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who has governed semi-autonomous areas of the Israeli-occupied West Bank since Hamas expelled his forces from Gaza, is already deeply unpopular with the Palestinian public.
Netanyahu: Usually cool and assured, the Israel PM has become erratic and abuses ministers in public
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu built his reputation as a security hawk on the back of his service in an elite special forces unit that carried out some of Israel’s most daring hostage rescues. His legacy as his country’s longest serving leader will now be shaped by one of the worst...
Kenya’s grim economic outlook forces Uganda to give exclusive petroleum supply deal to Vitol
Using Kenyan importers had “exposed Uganda to occasional supply vulnerabilities where the Ugandan retail companies were considered secondary whenever there were supply disruptions,” which affected retail prices, Nankabirwa said.
Millions of jobs in Kenya, South Africa and 3 others in limbo over AGOA trade initiative
Apparel has been the standout success story of AGOA, which launched in 2000 to help develop African economies and foster democracy. African apparel exports under the programme reached nearly $1.4 billion last year, double the pre-AGOA amount.
Bloody loyal: King Charles won’t say ‘sorry’ for British colonial human rights abuses in Kenya
British colonialists also committed gross human rights violations, including land expropriation, killings, torture and sexual violence, against hundreds of thousands of people in western Kenya over decades, UN investigators have said.
Spotlight turns on Donald Trump’s sons in fraud case that threatens Trump Organization’s future
Before the trial, Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that Trump’s financial statements were fraudulent. He ordered that a court-appointed receiver seize control of some of his companies – potentially stripping him and his family of such marquee properties as Trump Tower – although an appeals court has halted enforcement for now.
Knowledge integration revolution: Why is crossdisciplinary teaching, learning necessary?
Uganda’s scientists are part of the global movement of science, which is determined to remove faith from human experience, and which is increasingly immoral and unethical as I emphasised in my article Billgating Science to Conquer God’s Project Nature. This has integrated Uganda in the abominable global corruption, which is like a movement against humanity…
