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OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) first sustainability-linked financing to boost agriculture in Africa

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Views: 1 OPEC Fund President Abdulhamid Alkhalifa, OPEC Fund Headquarters Vienna(Source: OPEC Fund) The financing will enhance ETG’s working capital, strengthen food systems and support the livelihoods of more than 600,000 smallholder farmers across sub-Saharan Africa VIENNA, Austria, November 21, 2024/ — The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) (www.OPECFund.org) has signed a […]

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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, former defence minister Gallant for alleged Gaza ‘war crimes’

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Views: 1 The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Photo by ABIR SULTAN /AFP via Getty Images World News ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leader Deif The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Isreal Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and

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SpaceX Starship launches banana to space, skips giant rocket catch on 6th test flight

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Views: 6 The biggest and most powerful rocket ever built now has a half-dozen launches under its belt. SpaceX’s 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship megarocket lifted off for the sixth time ever yesterday (Nov. 19), rising off the orbital launch mount at the company’s Starbase site in South Texas at 5:00 p.m. EST (2200 GMT; 4:00

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Kenya and Mauritius Emerge as Top DDoS Attack Targets, According to Latest NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report

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Views: 6 pexels-ian-panelo NAIROBI, Kenya – November 20, 2024 – As digital services expand across East Africa, the region is facing escalating cyber risks, necessitating advanced security measures to counter these pervasive threats. Certain East African countries have been under far greater distributed denial of service (DDoS) pressure than many in the West African region, seeing

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Uganda’s Kizza Besigye ‘kidnapped’ in Kenya, taken to military court

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Views: 3 Uganda’s Kizza Besigye ‘kidnapped’ in Kenya, taken to military court   Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has appeared in a military court in Kampala after his wife said he had been kidnapped in neighbouring Kenya. Besigye, 68, a doctor and critic of President Yoweri Museveni, was brought to the Makindye General Court Martial

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VFS Global expands United Kingdom (UK) visa services in Sub-Saharan Africa in second phase of rollouts

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Views: 6 In 2023, VFS Global was awarded the new contract to provide UK visa services in 142 countries worldwide CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 20, 2024/ — VFS Global (www.VFSGlobal.com) is proud to announce that residents of Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, travelling to the UK

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‘Increase public education on the Constitution’Tayebwa

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Views: 20 Photo by Alex Esagala/Office of the Deputy Speaker. The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has made a call to government and civil society to increase public education on the Constitution. Tayebwa made this call whole commissioning the virtual museum of constitutionalism. The museum was launched during the Constitution Symposium at the Sheraton Hotel, Kampala

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Accountability committees flag queries in meet with Auditor General

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Views: 10 The Public Accounts Committees (PAC) have flagged concerns over discrepancies and omissions in financial reporting by the Auditor General of various entities. These concerns were raised during a harmonisation meeting between the different Public Accounts Committees with officials from the Office of the Auditor General to address gaps identified in audit reports for

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Death toll from building collapse in Tanzania rises to 13 as rescue efforts continue

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Views: 11 Death toll from building collapse in Tanzania rises to 13 as rescue efforts continue   DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania The death toll from a building collapse in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania has risen to 13, with 84 injured, President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed Sunday in a video statement. The incident occurred Saturday in

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