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May 22, 2023
DRC's Tshisekedi Travels to Beijing

BEIJING - The president of the minerals-rich Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, will visit China from May 24 to 29 and is expected to meet President Xi Jinping to review and sign several key trade deals. The visit was announced by the Chinese foreign ministry on Monday.
May 21, 2023
UN Blueprints 2040 Plastic Pollution Reduction Goal

WASHINGTON — Countries can reduce plastic pollution by 80% by 2040 using existing technologies and by making major policy changes, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said in a new report this week.
May 21, 2023
Vehicle Tire Makers Face Pollution Regs

LONDON - Tire-makers are under pressure to almost literally reinvent the wheel as regulators turn their scrutiny to tire pollution that is set to surge with the rise of electric vehicles (EVs) and threatens to undermine those cars' green credentials.
May 21, 2023
Sudan's Conflict Takes Heavy Toll on Its Children

After surviving weeks of fighting in Khartoum, Sanaa Mahmoud has finally got her family to safety in Cairo but says her daughter still wakes up at night screaming because of the gunfire and airstrikes that rocked her neighborhood.
May 21, 2023
Meta Working on AI Training and Chips

NEW YORK - Meta Platforms on May 18 shared new details on projects it was pursuing to make its data centers better suited to supporting artificial intelligence work, including a custom chip "family" that it said it was developing in-house.
May 20, 2023
Zambia Coach Props up Women's World Cup First Timers

Zambia are making their first appearance at the Women's World Cup this year and while coach Bruce Mwape knows their opponents will be much more experienced he does not view the African side as underdogs.
May 20, 2023
Google Wins UK Data Suit

LONDON - Google has defeated a lawsuit brought on behalf of 1.6 million people over medical records provided to the U.S. tech giant by a British hospital trust.
May 20, 2023
Goma-Based Referee Set to Prove Herself Internationally

GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — Rachel Zihindula, a 24-year-old from the Congolese city of Goma, knew from the moment she started working as a referee that she wanted to take charge of international competitions. She started her training in 2015 and quickly began working at provincial tournaments and for the National Football League.
May 20, 2023
Study: More Than Half of World's Large Lakes Drying Up

A team of international researchers reports that unsustainable human use, changes in rainfall and run-off, sedimentation, and rising temperatures have driven lake levels down globally
May 19, 2023
US Black Republican Makes Presidential Bid

WASHINGTON - Republican U.S. Senator Tim Scott has entered the 2024 presidential race, according to a filing with the U.S. election regulator on Friday, in what amounts to a long-shot bet that a message of unity and optimism can still appeal in a party where many voters are hungry for a bare-knuckled fight.
May 19, 2023
Uganda Boosts Next Year's Budget

KAMPALA - Uganda's parliament has approved the government's plan to raise spending by 10% to 52.73 trillion shillings ($14 billion) in the 2023/24 fiscal year, the Finance Ministry said.
May 19, 2023
World Bank Cyclone Aid For Mozambique

MAPUTO - The World Bank has moved $150 million of the funds it has earmarked for Mozambique projects to help fund the southern African nation's efforts to recover from the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy.
May 19, 2023
Tanzania Lands LNG Terminal Project

OSLO - Equinor, Shell, and Exxon have agreed to a deal with the government of Tanzania for the development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal, Equinor's manager in the East African country said on Friday.
May 19, 2023
Tunisia Continues Pressuring Journalists

TUNIS - Tunisia's most popular independent radio station on Thursday said two of its top broadcasters, critics of President Kais Saied, have been summoned by police for questioning, amid fears of an escalating government campaign against the media.
May 19, 2023
More Airstrikes Hit Khartoum

KHARTOUM - Sudan's capital Khartoum and sister city Bahri came under renewed air attack on Friday as the war between the army and paramilitary forces entered its fifth week, deepening a humanitarian crisis for trapped and displaced civilians.
May 19, 2023
Looting Strips Khartoum

DUBAI - Mass looting by armed men and civilians is making life an even greater misery for Khartoum residents trapped by fierce fighting between Sudan's army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), witnesses said.
May 18, 2023
Uganda Rail Line Construction 'This Year'

KAMPALA - Uganda said on Thursday construction of its much delayed $2.2 billion Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) will commence in 2023, a welcome development for importers and exporters in the landlocked country who had long endured sky-high transport costs.
May 18, 2023
Khartoum Pounding Continues

KHARTOUM - Heavy air strikes pounded southern areas of Sudan's capital on Thursday as clashes flared near a military camp, witnesses said, in fighting that has displaced nearly 1 million people and left residents of Khartoum struggling to survive.
May 18, 2023
Moscow: African Ukraine Peace Delegation Coming

MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Thursday that a delegation from African countries hoping to present an initiative to end the conflict in Ukraine would visit Moscow.
May 18, 2023
Eskom: Dark, Chilly Winter Ahead

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's state power utility Eskom may have to increase power cuts to an unprecedented level this winter, a company executive said on Thursday, as the country grapples with its worst power crisis on record.

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