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chad 100 stage anti-french protest in jambena hundreds of chadians joined anti-french protest
called by the opposition coalition makit tama on may 14 protesters opposed french military presence
in the country and support for transitional president muhammad idris debbie itno who has
been in power since his father's death in 2021. the protesters reportedly attacked
symbols of their former colonial power including several total petrol stations
the protest was mainly attended by students with many on motorcycles and chanting france get out
former president idris debbie itano headed an authoritarian regime for 30 years and was killed
in battle on april 20th 2021 during a rebellion in the north of the country chad in police fired tear
gas and used water cannons to disperse hundreds of protesters who took to the streets of the capital
and other towns in an anti-french protest that saw the destruction of some french-linked businesses
as french influence waned in its former colonies recent protests in countries such as mali burkina
faso and niger have seen calls for increased military ties with russia instead of france
nigeria curfew imposed in sokoto following protest of a blasphemy killing a curfew has been declared
in nigeria's northwest city of sokoto to quail protests demanding the release of suspects in the
killing of a christian school student devorah samwell it comes as hundreds of people in the
northwestern city of sokoto demonstrated on 14th may over the arrest of two students following the
murder of a christian student accused of blasphemy residency sokoto state's governor aminu tabuwal
said in a statement that the curfew applies to the state capital sokoto city africa's most populous
country is roughly divided between muslim and christians but religious tensions and deadly
clashes are not uncommon particularly in the north dakora samwell a student of shehu shagari college
of education was on 12th may stoned to death and her body burnt by a mob of muslim students of
the college after she made a post on social media they deemed insulted prophet muhammed
police say they made two arrests following the incident and that they had began a manhunt for
other suspects who appeared in the footage of the gruesome murder which circulated on social media
tanzania tanzania raises minimum wage by nearly 25 percent tanzania's president has approved a
nearly 25 percent increase in the minimum wage and made protests about the high cost of living the
president decided on an increase of 23.3 percent while also increasing the salaries of government
workers for the first time since 2016. her office said in a statement the salary increment was
approved considering the country's gross domestic product domestic revenue and developments in both
the local and global economies tanzania's economy slowed to 4.8 percent in 2020 barely edging upward
to 4.9 percent the following year as corvid 19 travel restrictions battered the tourism sector
a key earner in the east african country meanwhile the cost of fuel and food has risen as supplies
have tightened following the russian ukraine war during labor day celebrations on may 1st
trade unions and civil servants led demonstrations in tanzania's capital dodoma calling for an
increase in wages with many holding placards demanding better salaries and benefits for workers
kenya kenyon fighting fgm crowned world's best nurse anna cabal duba beat more than
24 000 nominees to win the astor guardians global nursing award the 31 year old kenyan
nurse campaigns against early marriage and female genital mutilation duba has worked tirelessly in
her community to empower them with education and campaign against harmful cultural practices such
as female genital mutilation duba selected by an eminent grand jury from 10 finalists is the first
woman graduate in her village she has dedicated her life towards literacy and saving the masses
through the cabal duba foundation eastern africa south sudan signs up for ethiopian
power supply from dam ethiopia has signed a memorandum of understanding with south sudan to
export hydro and other cheaper energy to juba according to the ethiopian electric power the
power utility ethiopia has agreed to supply an initial 100 megawatts of electricity to south
sudan over the next three years the agreement was signed last week as a south sudanese delegation
led by energy minister peter masalo paid a working visit to ethiopia to finalize the memorandum of
understanding the two countries had agreed on power purchase previously ethiopia electric power
corporation planning executive officer andrew lam sierra told state media that ethiopia will export
100 megawatts of electricity to south sudan in the first phase of the three-year period and
will supply 400 megawatts of power then after andulem state ethiopia is aggressively working
to supply electrical power to its neighbors as part of a regional integration with its neighbors
namibia namibia launches a sovereign wealth fund following oil discoveries namibia has
launched a sovereign wealth fund month after oil discoveries off its coast at the launch in the
capital windhawk president hager jin gob said the well wish your fund will get an initial injection
of 16.3 million dollars and invest 2.5 percent of its portfolio locally to bridge the country's
infrastructure financing gap the fund will collect some of the royalties from all mineral resources
sold as well as some tax revenues and money raised by the government divesting from its investment
holdings other resource-rich african countries with sovereign funds include angola botswana
libya and nigeria known for its gem quality diamonds gold and uranium namibia has considered
creating a sovereign fund since 2009 the south african state is aiming to become a green hydrogen
player by 2026 and has selected a preferred bidder for a multi-billion dollar project
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