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IMF to provide Egypt with part of $3bln loan this FY

Staff Writer, Mubasher January 11, 2023 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will provide Egypt with $700 million of the $3 billion loan in the fiscal year (FY) that ends in June 2023. The remaining value of the loan, equivalent to $2 billion, will be granted to Egypt through six tranches, each totalling $347 million, in March…

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Africa should not be arena for international competition, says Chinese foreign minister

Qin visited facilities of the African Union in Addis Ababa, including the new headquarters of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Dawit Endeshaw, Reuters News January 11, 2023 Qin visited facilities of the African Union in Addis Ababa, including the new headquarters of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. China financed the…

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Court orders release of Senegal government critic

AFP | Wed, Jan 11 2023 01:09 PM AEDT A judge on Tuesday ordered the release of a Senegalese journalist and prominent anti-government critic after more than two months in detention, his lawyers said. Pape Ale Niang, head of the Dakar Matin online news site, was arrested on November 6 and charged with “divulging information likely…

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US and Russia clash over violent extremism in Africa

By Rédaction Africanews with AP The United States accused Russian military contractors backed by the Kremlin on Tuesday of interfering in the internal affairs of African countries and “increasing the likelihood that violent extremism will grow” in the Sahel region which is facing increasing attacks and deteriorating security — an allegation Russia denied. U.S. deputy…

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Big change for Eskom and other state companies in South Africa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the energy department will take over responsibility for overseeing state utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., which has been failing to meet the nation’s power demand since 2008. The change will be in line with a resolution adopted by the governing African National Congress at its national conference last week,…

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Government meeting with scientists over new Covid variant in South Africa

SA News The Department of Health (DOH) says it is in consultation with scientists over a highly transmissible variant of the Covid-19 virus. This after media reports over the weekend said the country had found its first case of the variant. “[The department] has been alerted about this highly transmissible XBB.1.5 variant and is currently…

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China’s new foreign minister heads to Africa for first trip

AP , Monday 9 Jan 2023 China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang is starting his term with a weeklong trip to five African countries, the Foreign Ministry announced Monday. File Photo: In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Qin Gang, then ambassador to the United States, center, talks to players before a WNBA 2022 regular…

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SA’s longest beach is disappearing fast, and the erosion rate recently accelerated

Dave Chambers , Business Insider SA Sixteen Mile Beach in Yzerfontein on the West Coast is 52m narrower, on average, than it was in 1937. 100m of the beach has vanished beneath the Atlantic Ocean at the worst-affected spot, according to an analysis of aerial photos and satellite images. By 2040, say Wits scientists, the…

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Health dept says it needs more info to confirm case of highly-transmissible Covid-19 subvariant

The health department said it’s not yet able to confirm a case of a highly-transmissible subvariant of Covid-19. The first case was reported in a series of tweets by Covid-19 scientist Prof Tulio de Oliveira. The department has said it is investigating the claim but is yet to receive a patient profile. Claims that South…

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After peace deal, Orthodox Ethiopians keep a Christmas of hope

AFP “I was able to come this year because there is peace,” says Asme Mamo as he joins crowds of worshippers celebrating Orthodox Christmas in the historic Ethiopian town of Lalibela. Two months after a ceasefire deal between the Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels to end two years of a devastating war, Africa’s largest Christian…