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2021-09-04 16:09:05 Africa: Firm Unveils U.S.$500 Million, Continent-Wide Data Centre Expansion Plan
‍[Capital FM] Africa Data Centres, has announced plans to build large hyper-scale data centres in ten African countries which will among other things, boost employment and the growth of economies.
The project which will be undertaken over the next two years at a cost of more than USD 500m will be funded through new equity and facilities from leading development finance institutions and multilateral organisations.
The firm, which is an affiliate of Liquid Intelligent Technologies (former Liquid Telecom Kenya) already has
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2021-09-04 14:57:19 Africa: Over 7 Million Covid-19 Recoveries Across Continent
‍[allAfrica] As of September 4, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 7,874,954 while over 68,988,822  vaccinations have been administered across the continent.
Reported deaths in Africa reached  198,283  and  7,024,279 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases  2,805,604  and  83,161 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco ( 876,732 ), Tunisia ( 670,027 ), Libya ( 313,504 ), Ethiopia ( 312,348 ), Egypt ( 289,353 ) and
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2021-09-04 14:24:05 Gambia: EU Escalates Row With Gambia Over Expelled Migrants
‍[DW] The EU could tighten visa requirements for Gambians following Banjul's refusal to accept deportees from Germany. Experts say Gambia's decision to reject its citizens may be political but not without consequences.
The European Union is mulling over Gambia's decision to deny landing permits to flights carrying Gambian deportees from EU countries - particularly Germany. Over 2,000 Gambian migrants who have exhausted their asylums in Germany are waiting to be repatriated.
According to initial plans, the first
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2021-09-03 22:27:05 Africa: Nuclear Disarmament: What the World can Learn from Africa
‍[SAIIA] On 22 January 2021, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (the Ban Treaty) entered into force. Under the Ban Treaty, states are prohibited from ‘developing, testing, producing, manufacturing, acquiring, possessing, or stockpiling nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices’. The Ban Treaty is a culmination of decades-long global campaign efforts to end the development of nuclear weapons. But while its entry into force is widely celebrated, the real work is only just beginni
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2021-09-03 21:21:13 South Sudan: Bodies Discovered After Weeks of Violence in Tambura, S. Sudan
‍[Nation] Authorities in South Sudan's Western Equatoria region have discovered at least 50 bodies following weeks of deadly violence in Tambura, County Commissioner Charles Babiro has said.
In a phone interview with the Nation on Wednesday, Mr Babiro revealed that the bodies were found in the villages of Bangaza, Mooboywhoku and Azama in Tambura County.
"In our last five days' search, we managed to collect at least 50 dead bodies. However, we today couldn't continue with the search because of security concerns. The
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2021-09-03 21:21:09 Africa: Innovation Vital for Equal Access to Covid-19 Treatments
‍[SciDev.Net] The international community should learn from the vaccine inequality seen during the COVID-19 pandemic to avoid repeating mistakes that could stifle access to treatments for the virus, a report says.
The report published by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), a global non-profit research and development organisation, calls for increased political attention to and funding research for the development of COVID-19 medicines.
"We've seen major scientific advances and the development of technolo
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2021-09-03 21:15:06 Nigerian Governors Ask Minister to Reverse Payment Instruction for Suspicious $418 Million Debts
‍[Premium Times] The governors are accusing the finance minister of "corruption and lawlessness" by initiating the process of paying the $418 million suspicious judgment debts in disregard for court processes.
Nigerian governors have written a protest letter to the finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, advising her against the payment of the controversial $418 million Paris Club refund-related judgment debts.
At the prevailing official exchange rate of N410 to $1, the money amounts to about N171billion.
In their letter dated Sep
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2021-09-03 21:09:05 Seychelles: Cashless Economy - Seychelles' Financial System to Be Entirely Digital By 2023
‍[Seychelles News Agency] The Seychelles' financial system will be almost entirely digitalised by 2023 in line with the Central Bank's technological integration strategy, said a top official on Thursday.
With the government pushing for digital governance, the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) had its financial technology strategy approved by the cabinet of ministers last month.
Through the strategy, the financial system services are expected to be fully digitalised in two years, eliminating the use of physical cash.
"This strategy h
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2021-09-03 20:36:06 Africa: How Eating Millet Can Cut Diabetes Risks
‍[SciDev.Net] A millet-based diet could lower the risk of diabetes, a rapidly growing problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study suggests.
The finding offers the potential for nutritionists to design appropriate meals for people with diabetes as well as others without the disease as a preventive approach.
The study, published August in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, analyses millet consumption and its impact on cardiovascular health. It found that people with diabetes who consumed millets as part of their daily diet sa
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2021-09-03 20:24:06 Sudan: Floods 2021 - White Nile River Flow At an All Time High
‍[Ayin English] Sudan's recurrent flooding challenges may finally be subsiding as water levels of the Nile and its branches show fewer fluctuations for the first two days of September after reaching critical levels during August. However, the precipitation forecast shows heavy rainfall expected during this month that may affect Nile River water levels in parts of Khartoum, Ed-Deim, and Shendi, according to the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources.
Flooding is an annual problem in the country that impacts tens of tho
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