here is your latest african news africa wide au summit ends with a call for solidarity as
international media under reports and undermines summits african leaders end their two-day meeting
in ethiopia on february 6 in an agreement to collaborate in fostering peace and stability
on the continent the event saw poor coverage from western media organizations and the
little coverage given being extremely racist most western media organizations focused on attacking
the african leaders while others like the new york times went full races claiming the summit
only cared about football all in all the summit went on without a hitch as compared to the doom
and gloom predicted by said media organizations africa wide cedio maine named afcon best player as
mendy and abubakar win top individual honors senegal's penalty winning hero sadio mane has been
crowned the best player at the just ended africa cup of nations after leading the taranga lines to
their first ever afghan glory the star was joined at the podium by goalkeeper edward mendy who was
awarded the golden glove with cameroon's vincent abubakar scooping the golden boot
south africa south africa seeks proposals for a new research reactor
the south african nuclear energy corporation has released a request for information for the
multi-purpose reactor to replace the 56 year old safari one research reactor located at pelham daba
in september last year the south african cabinet approved the construction of the mpr to replace
the 20 mwt safari one which is scheduled to retire in 2030. the reactor is operated by nexa with
isotope production through nexus wholly owned ntp radioisotope subsidiary safari one is one of the
four leading producers of medical radioisotopes in the world used to treat millions of patients
annually it also provides support for scientific research development and innovation in medicine
agriculture paleontology and bioscience africa wide africa cdc to become an autonomous agency
in a recent decision by the african union summit the african center for disease control
and prevention was given rights to operate as a completely autonomous entity african leaders of
state and government made the decision during the 35th ordinary session of the african union
in addis ababa ethiopia on february 6 following the decision the african cdc will have the legal
institutional and operational autonomy true among other things serve as the channel for raising
funds and developing the necessary competencies as well as purchase critical continental assets
for disease prevention and control the agency will also be able to strengthen national health
systems in africa which began during the covert 19 pandemic by training and building capacity
throughout the continent improving on the caliber of public health assets and personnel it is
expected to be funded by the au as an independent entity and the position of director will be
upgraded to that of director general that will be equitable to a commissioner kenya firefighters
battle inferno raging across aberdeens national park more than 550 hectares of the aberdeens
forest have reportedly been destroyed by a fire that started the night of february 5th the fire
is suspected to have been started by arsonists has affected the moorland on the northern part of
the aberdeers in naburu area the park is home to spectacular waterfalls and lush bamboo jungles as
well as a variety of wildlife including leopards elephants and critically endangered black rhinos
the aberdeers are the third highest mountain range in kenya reaching a summit of just over
four thousand meters though authorities say ninety percent of the fire has been contained
mauritius mauritius to lead historic expedition to contested chagos islands
the prime minister of mauritius announced on february 7th a historic visit by a research vessel
to the disputed chegos islands an archipelago and claims in full which is administered by britain
among those on board will be chagos islanders forcibly evicted by britain in the 1960s and
70s to make way for military base there it will be the first time mauritius has led an
expedition to the long-contested island without requesting permission from the united kingdom or
the united states it follows a 2019 international court of justice ruling that backed the claim by
mauritius and said britain should give up control of the islands the chegos islands have been at the
center of the decades-long dispute over britain's decision to separate them from mauritius in 1965
and set up a joint military base with the us on diego garcia the largest of the isles
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