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Kenyan athlete Rhonex Kipruto has been stripped of his world record in the men’s 10-kilometer road race and banned for six years by a disciplinary panel for doping violations. The panel identified abnormalities in Kipruto’s blood samples, which they believed indicates a sophisticated doping regime. Consequently, they annulled Kipruto’s results since September 2018, including a […]
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The global LPG fraternity will celebrate LPG Day on 7 June 2024, an annual global awareness day dedicated to showcasing the benefits of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). This celebration is an opportunity for the LPG industry worldwide to raise awareness about LPG’s versatility and its positive impact on millions of lives. LPG Day serves as […]
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In an ongoing commitment to social upliftment, CHEP Sub-Saharan Africa and its long-standing partner, the DO MORE FOUNDATION, have made significant strides in community development through initiatives focused on youth with disabilities and boosting early childhood development (ECD). This collaboration underscores a shared vision of providing holistic solutions for social advancement, ensuring the delivery of […]
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By expanding their use of digital health tools, African health systems could realize up to 15 percent efficiency gains by 2030 and reinvest the savings to improve access and outcomes. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of digitalization in supporting access to essential healthcare services in the most remote areas. With the largest disease burden globally […]
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– Southern Africa Innovation & Excellence Awards 2024 On May 23rd, 2024, the Maslow Hotel in Johannesburg set the stage for a groundbreaking gathering as the 12th Edition Connected Banking Summit – Southern Africa Innovation & Excellence Awards 2024 convened over 300 global executives, experts, and leaders from the banking and financial services industry. This […]
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Situated in Goma-Nord-Kivu, DRC, SATEC (Sapientia Technologies and Engineering Company), a Congolese manufacturer led by a group of young entrepreneurs, is transforming the local food economy—one incubator at a time. The poultry industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo has long faced insecurity and heavy reliance on international imports. Alarming statistics reveal that over 90% […]
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Heathrow Airport in the UK currently uses more energy than the entire west African country of Sierra Leone. Despite Africa accounting for less than 4% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, many of its countries face significant threats from climate change, including increased droughts, floods, heat waves and potential crop failures. Climate change costs the […]
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Nigeria’s main labor unions, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have suspended their indefinite strike for one week to continue negotiations with the government over a new minimum wage. The strike, which began on Monday and continued into Tuesday, had shut down the national grid and disrupted flights, protesting the […]
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A new report by the US-based New Lines Institute concludes there is compelling evidence that Ethiopian forces committed genocidal acts during the Tigray war. The 120-page draft cites multiple independent sources indicating that Ethiopian and its allies engaged in “acts constituting the crime of genocide” from 2020 to 2022. It stated that Ethiopian forces had […]
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The human rights violations of Uganda’s LGBTQ community is on the rise, with over 1,000 cases recorded in the last nine months, according to a report by the Convening for Equality (CFE) pressure group. Rights violations began to rise early last year, following Ugandan parliament’s announcement that it was considering an anti-homosexuality act. The law, […]
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A Senegalese court has sentenced activist Bah Diakhate and Imam Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Ndao to three months in jail and fined them 100,000 CFA francs ($165) each for “spreading false news” after they accused Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko of tolerating homosexuality. The accusations stemmed from Mr. Sonko allowing French politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon to express support […]
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Nigeria plans to enhance economic ties with South Korea following the export of $2.26 million (N3.4 billion) worth of alloys and unwrought aluminum in Q4 2023, according to the West African country’s Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar. This move comes amid an improvement in bilateral trade between both nations that saw Nigeria import approximately $203 […]
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