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highlights somalia plane crash lands at airport in somalia's capital all passengers survive
africa wide au selects ronda to host the hq of new african medicines agency
south africa six lions put down after killing cows losing fear of human beings
horn of africa sudan reopens border crossing with ethiopia ethiopia us egypt reiterates support
for egypt's water security forging diplomatic resolution on gerd mozambique mozambique set
to commence exploitation of liquid gas diaspora affordable housing for young dominicans launched
somalia plain crash lands at airport in somalia's capital all passengers survive juba airways plane
carrying passengers from the town of baidoa crash landed at adan ade international airport
in somalia's capital mogadishu on july 19 and all those on board survived somali state media
reported smoke billowing into the sky could be seen after the plane crashed near the airport's
fence firefighters reached the scene immediately to use flames after part of the aircraft
caught fire no fatalities have been reported and passengers appeared to be safe after being rescued
debris clearing was underway at the airport and the crash scene was sealed off by african union
peacekeepers somali authorities and juba airways have not yet established the cause of the crash
africa wide au selects ronda to host the hq of new african medicines agency
rwanda has been selected to host the headquarters of the african medicine agency ama by the
executive council of the african union au at a meeting held in the zambian capital of lusaka
on july 18th the council agreed that ama will enhance the capacity of au state parties and the
continent's regional economic communities recs to regulate medical products and to improve africa's
access to quality safe and efficacious medical products rwanda had submitted an expression of
interest in hosting the ama headquarters along with uganda algeria egypt morocco
tanzania tunisia zimbabwe as held policy watch reported in june after the african centers for
disease control and prevention ama will be second specialized health agency of the continental body
the 55 member states hope to foster an enabling environment for pharmaceutical manufacturing
thanks to this new body the coven 19 outbreak exacerbated challenges the health sector faces
on the continent indeed ama comes after a long journey which started in 2009 with establishment
of the african medicine regulatory harmonization initiative amrh on july 17 the auc chairperson
and chairperson of each rec convened under the au theme of the year 2022 building resilience
and nutrition on the african continent accelerate the human capital social and economic development
south africa six lions from hulului in fellowsi park in kwazulu-natal have been euthanized after
killing six cows and terrorizing residents azam volo kesaden wildlife said a residents in kuluane
and okuko feared walking in the areas at night the lions were killed on july 15th according
to azenvolo kaiserden wildlife spokesperson musa mumtambo the six lions had killed six cows before
they were destroyed and the figure of cows killed may raise as some community members still have not
taken stock of their cows the community had been recently living in fear of their lives
which made them even scared of venturing to the area they use as pastures for their livestock the
community's anger was rising as it was feared that the lions had lost fear of human beings
several community members had alleged that they had come into contact with these lions
and instead of lions running away which is their normal behavior they walked straight towards
them forcing them to retreat horn of africa sudan re-opens border crossing with ethiopia
sudan on july 17 announced the reopening of the border crossing with ethiopia citing confiding
building measures by addis ababa after the collapse of the al-bashir regime in april 2019
relations between sudan and ethiopia remained stained due to cross-border attacks by the amhara
militiamen accordingly the sudan authorities closed and reopened the strategic crossing
several times in a statement the sudanese army spokesman said the technical committee
of the security and defense council chaired by the head of the sovereign council decided
to open the gallabot crossing point on july 5th al-burhan and ethiopian prime minister abby ahmed
agreed to form a joint committee to end the border dispute between the two countries
ethiopia u.s egypt reiterates support for egypt's water security forging diplomatic
resolution on guard following a meeting between president joe biden and his egyptian counterpart
abdel fattah al-sisi in jeddah saudi arabia on july 17 the two leaders issued a joint
statement in which the u.s and egypt discussed among others to promote regional stability one
of the issues the two leaders discussed is the issue of ethiopia's grand renaissance dam
gerd president biden reiterated u.s support for egypt's water security and to forging a diplomatic
resolution that would achieve the interests of all parties and contribute to a more peaceful and
prosperous region the statement said in june this year ethiopia objected a similar stance
taken by the european union expressing the bloc's support to egypt's water security
mozambique mozambique set to commence exploitation of liquid gas mozambique's ministry of mineral
resources and energy has announced that the coral south project has begun pumping natural gas into
its floating platform in area 4 of the ravuma basin off the coast of the northern province of
cabo delgado thus paving the way for the first export of liquefied natural gas lng
later this year six undersea natural gas welds were connected to the platform in may on board
the gas will be liquefied and then pumped into the vessels that will ship it to the customer markets
cited in his ministry's statement the minister of mineral resources and energy carlos zakarias
said that achieving this latest landmark puts mozambique on the map of countries producing
lng the platform has the capacity of liquefying 3.4 million tons of natural gas a year the gas
comes from the coral reservoir where there are estimated reserves of 450 billion cubic meters
the platform is 432 meters long and 66 meters wide diaspora
affordable housing for young dominicans launched young residents of dominica who are looking to
invest in their own homes will be able to do so at a less expensive rate this is what dominican's
prime minister roosevelt's carried promised as he announced on july 16 the government's
future housing program this is where affordable housing will be made more accessible to qualified
residents who are 45 years or younger and are employed within the public and private sectors
the program would also eventually be expanded for the rest of dominica citizens and residents
housing projects are being taken seriously in dominica and its government is working non-stop to
build back better for its residents and eventually become the world's first climate resilient country
these projects are mostly funded by the highly acclaimed dominican citizenship by investment
cbi program which has been in operation since 1993. to date thousands of houses are already
being turned over to beneficiaries and more projects are ongoing to provide more climate
resilient homes for the most vulnerable thanks for watching please subscribe follow
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