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africa wide african oil producers gather for the angola congress
the african petroleum producers organization appo will hold the 8th edition of the african
petroleum congress and exhibition cape 8 from 16th to 19th may in luanda angola the congress
is organized by apbo the government of the republic of angola and ame trade it is a
gathering of national regional and international energy oil and gas industry experts deliberating
on the challenges and opportunities of the energy transition and the future of the oil
and gas industry in africa the meeting is designed primarily to promote and support
investment in the oil and gas sector in africa as well as reflect on the orientations given by
senior political leaders in charge of this sector cape is reputed as the largest and
most influential oil and gas event in africa and seeks to provide investors the opportunity to have
deeper information and knowledge of the strategic direction of the oil and gas industry in africa
nigeria nigerian airline operators call off planned suspension of flights
nigerian airline operators under the ages of airline operators of nigeria aon
have called off their planned suspension of flights due to a rise in jet fuel prices
brought about by the russian ukraine conflict which was built to commence on monday 9th may
only a day before the suspension of lights was scheduled to begin the association announced
that she was postponing the decision due to national economic and security concerns
abdul munassarina the president of the aon announced the suspension on sunday in a statement
signed by six members of the organization the ministry of aviation had previously
told nigerians that aon members were evaluating their decision to stop flying on monday may 9th
kenya refugees in kenya gain employment rights kenya has been held for passing a law giving
hundreds of thousands of refugees living in the country better access to education and
employment while some refugees in kenya are reaping the benefits of the 2021 legislation
many face challenges that include the government's plan to shut down refugee camps by the end of june
the refugee act that was signed into law last year went to effect in february
some five hundred thousand refugees who live in kenya stand to benefit from the measure
jamin koswanya project manager at the international rescue committee in nairobi
in a statement said the old policy restricted refugees movements the new law is part of the
kenyan government's refugee integration as refugee camps currently house more than 400 000 people
mostly from south sudan and somalia the country has one of africa's largest refugee populations
algeria and cameroon fifa rejects algeria's appeal against cameroon the world football body fifa has
rejected algeria's appeal against the world cup qualifying playoff against cameroon the
announcement was made on 7th may by the algerian federation after winning the first leg one nil in
cameroon the finnex were eliminated 2-1 on march 29th in the return leg at home by a last-second
extra time goal from karl toko akambi on march 31 the algerian federation announced an appeal
with fifa asking for the match to be replayed because of what they described as disgraceful
refereeing of gambin bakarigasama according to the letter fifa's referees committee refused to accept
the request the elimination of the algerian side for next was seen as a national tragedy
supporters demonstrated several times in front of the fifa headquarters in zurich switzerland
south africa south africa launches world's biggest hydrogen fuel truck
mining giant anglo-american has unveiled the world's largest hydrogen-powered truck a monster
weighing 220 tons at a platinum mine in northern south africa billed as the first of a fleet that
would replace the firm's diesel-powered trucks the vehicle uses two megawatts hydrogen fuel cells to
haul up to 290 tons of ore comparable in size to a small house the behemoth was shown off at mogala
kwena mine about 250 kilometers or 150 miles from johannesburg anglo-americans said it aims to be
carbon neutral by 2040. it will use solar power to provide the fuel using the energy to split
water into its component atoms of hydrogen and oxygen burning hydrogen releases only water vapor
not heat trapping carbon dioxide as in the case of fossil fuels zimbabwe country suspends bank
lending authorities in zimbabwe have ordered banks to stop lending with immediate effect
according to the government the decision was taken to stop speculation against the zimbabwean
dollar and was part of a raft of measures to stop its rapid devaluation on the black market
zimbabwe reintroduced a local currency in 2019 after abandoning it in 2009 when it was hit by
hyperinflation president emerson munangawa accused unnamed speculators of borrowing zimbabwe dollars
at below inflation interest rates and using the money to trade in foreign exchange the devaluation
of the zimbabwe dollar's black market exchange rate has been driving up inflation year-on-year
inflation reached 96.4 percent in april from 60.6 in january thanks for watching please subscribe
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