Dangote Refinery will save Africa from being a Dumping Ground – Grenada PM

The Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, has described the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals as a significant investment in industrialisation and manufacturing needed by developing countries for their industrial growth. He noted that it is through this type of investment that Africa and the developing countries can reverse the cycle of exporting raw materials…

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111 African migrants thrown into sea still missing

After smugglers reportedly forced them off two boats in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti earlier this week, rescuers were looking for the remaining 111 African migrants on Thursday, according to the Djiboutian coastguard. There are reportedly at least 48 drowning victims. The International Organisation for Migration reports that 310 people were aboard…

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Long Live Samora Machel, born on 29th September 1933 in Gaza Province, Mozambique's first independence president, FRELIMO, Portuguese colonisation.

Long Live Samora Machel, Leader of Mozambique’s Independence Struggle

Samora Machel, the leader of Mozambique’s independence struggle and the country’s first post-independence president, was born on 29th September 1933 in Gaza Province, Mozambique. He was born into a family of subsistence farmers forced off their land to pave the way for Portuguese settlers. This experience made Machel politically conscious at a young age. After…

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Uganda to become oil producer in 2025

According to a September 2024 report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Uganda will join the league of oil-producing countries in late 2025. A $10-billion joint venture by Total Energies, Uganda National Oil Company, Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation and China National Offshore Oil Company will begin pumping crude oil from fields around Lake Albert in…

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