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• July 06, 2023

  Tinubu Suspends Nigeria's Plastics Tax

  ABUJA — Nigeria's President, Bola Tinubu, has ordered the suspension of a newly introduced 10% tax on single-use plastics and excise duty on some locally manufactured products to reduce business costs in Africa's biggest economy, his spokesman said on Thursday.

• July 06, 2023

  Ukraine Could Amp Use of Alternative Grain Export Port

  BUCHAREST — Ukraine's on-off Black Sea grain deal has made the nearest port of Constanta in neighboring Romania a key alternative that is set for volumes doubling its record years and months of delays with a domestic crop looming, industry experts and traders said.

• July 06, 2023

  Nigeria's Fuel Consumption Drops After Subsidy Ends

  ABUJA — Nigeria's average daily petrol consumption has fallen by 28% since President Bola Tinubu scrapped a popular but costly subsidy on the fuel at the end of May, data from the industry regulator shows.

• July 06, 2023

  Togo Reports Bird Flu Outbreak

  PARIS — The West African country of Togo has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus on a poultry farm, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Wednesday.

• July 05, 2023

  Sudan Conflict Threatens Cultural Heritage

  CAIRO — In Sudan's capital, Khartoum, precious books in a major library have been burned - and the national museum has been cut off for weeks by fighting. In Darfur, another museum is at risk from seasonal rains after projectiles punctured the roof.

• July 05, 2023

  Kenya June Private Sector PMI Shrinks

  NAIROBI — Kenya's private sector activity fell in June, undermined by slowing business in the services, wholesale and retail sectors in an environment of high inflation and weak consumer spending power, a survey showed on Wednesday.

• July 05, 2023

  Burundi Walkout Raises Rights Groups' Worry

  GENEVA — Civil society groups on Tuesday decried Burundi's decision to walk out of a review of its human rights record and voiced concerns about a perceived slide in countries' cooperation with United Nations bodies.

• July 04, 2023

  Mixed Reactions Greet Macky Sall's Announcement

  Senegal President Macky Sall will not run for re-election in the 2024 elections, he said Monday, ending widespread speculation that he would seek a third term, which his critics said would have been illegal. Almond Li reports.

• July 04, 2023

  Nigeria Seeks Taxes From 'Informal Traders'

  LAGOS — Nigeria's federal revenue agency said on Monday it had partnered with a traders association to collect value added tax (VAT) from millions of informal traders, part of a push to widen the tax base by President Bola Tinubu's government.

• July 03, 2023

  China's Navy Makes Lagos Port Call

  BEIJING — A naval fleet of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA-N), led by the destroyer Nanning arrived in Nigeria on Sunday for a rare visit by the Chinese military to Africa's Atlantic coast, where Beijing has long made efforts to grow its influence.

• July 03, 2023

  Anger Grows Over Unequal Visa, Border Regimes

  There’s growing anger over unequal visa and border regimes that limit Global South nationals' participation in international conferences tackling issues from climate change to economic systems and conflicts.

• July 03, 2023

  South Africa Blackouts May End 'Soon'

  JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's electricity minister said on Sunday the country was closer to ending daily power cuts as warmer weather returns towards the end of the year, but declined to give a specific date.

• July 03, 2023

  South Africa June Manufacturing Shrank Again

  JOHANNESBURG — South African manufacturing activity contracted for the fifth consecutive month in June due to a worsening of business conditions, a survey showed on Monday.

• July 03, 2023

  UK Judge Retains Mozambique 'Tuna Bond' Suit

  LONDON — A British judge on Monday declined to throw out a blockbuster lawsuit by Mozambique against Credit Suisse and others, who had argued that the African country had failed to fully disclose documents in the $2 billion "tuna bonds" case.

• July 02, 2023

  Sudanese Canadian Seeks Help for Adopted Sister Stranded in Khartoum

  CAIRO — A Sudanese Canadian citizen has been separated from an adopted sister and her children and is trying to help them secure safe passage out of Sudan where they have been stranded for more than 10 weeks by the war between rival military factions.

• July 02, 2023

  Proposed EU AI Limits Criticized

  STOCKHOLM — The proposed E.U. Artificial Intelligence legislation would jeopardise Europe's competitiveness and technological sovereignty, according to an open letter signed by more than 160 executives at companies ranging from Renault to Meta.

• July 02, 2023

  Ghana's Businesswomen Urge Easier Credit to Survive, Thrive

  ACCRA — Obaa Yaa's store is in a prime location in the middle of the bustling Makola market in the centre of Ghana's capital. But at the end of a long day of waiting, no one had bought any of the jars of shito, a local chilli sauce, that she had on display.

• July 02, 2023

  Kenyan Low-Cost Airliner Turns to Used Planes

  NAIROBI — Kenya's first low-cost airline Jambojet is leasing used planes as it seeks savings in the face of severe cost pressures from a weaker local currency and high fuel prices, its chief executive said this week.

• July 01, 2023

  Google's Parent to Deliver Internet to Remote Areas Using Lasers

  MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA — Google parent Alphabet has already tried and failed to bring internet access to rural and remote areas by using high-altitude balloons in the stratosphere. But now, the company is delivering internet service to remote areas by using beams of light.

• June 30, 2023

  US Supreme Court Blocks Biden's Student Loan 'Forgiveness'

  WASHINGTON — The U.S Supreme Court handed President Joe Biden a painful defeat on Friday, blocking his plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt - a move that had been intended to benefit up to 43 million Americans and fulfill a campaign promise.

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