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Uganda's State House says President Museveni commissioned Russian-supplied marine equipment in Entebbe, a BRDM-2MS training classroom in Mubende and a $53 million repair facility at Magamaga on Oct. 21 and 22, and urged local production with Russian experts.
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President Bola Tinubu urged the West African College of Physicians on Oct. 22 to find practical solutions to medical brain drain, as the college made him a fellow at the State House in Abuja and Nigeria responds to its first Ebola case.
Today News Africa ·
President Cyril Ramaphosa launched South Africa's revised White Paper on Local Government on Oct. 22, proposing powers matched to each municipality's capacity, ring-fenced utility revenue and licences for all water and electricity providers.
Today News Africa ·
Tinubu received Lee Engineering's Leemon Ikpea, whose firm is building two compressor stations in Edo State so the Escravos-Lagos pipeline can carry 2.3 billion standard cubic feet of gas a day, and pressed oil majors to use Nigerian firms.
Today News Africa ·
Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama says raw minerals must no longer leave the country by 2030, with bauxite, manganese, iron and lithium processed at home and VALCO modernised for domestic aluminium refining.
Today News Africa ·
Cyril Ramaphosa urged employers to give young South Africans a first job, saying "Let us stop treating a lack of experience as a lack of ability," with 5.0 million people aged 15 to 34 out of work.
Today News Africa ·
Museveni commissioned 280 officer cadets at Uganda Military Academy Kabamba on Oct. 20, calling livestock theft from Parish Development Model farmers "sabotage," as Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba reported a rise in violent crime.
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Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama told the FT Africa Summit in London that aid cuts, including USAID's, leave Ghana a $154 million yearly gap, $74 million of it in health, and urged Africa to end aid dependency.
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The U.N. Security Council heard on Oct. 20 that security in the Central African Republic's north-east is fragile, as Washington warned against a "static mission" and others urged a slow handover before MINUSCA's mandate expires Nov. 15.
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Nigeria's Presidential Task Force on Ebola met in emergency session at the State House in Abuja on Oct. 21, a day after the country's first case. Health Minister Pate said contacts are being traced and isolated and the incident management system is active.
The Daily Letter ·
The Supreme Court on Oct. 21 denied the Trump administration's request to stay a court order blocking the Bureau of Prisons' 2026 policy ending hormone therapy and social accommodations for inmates with gender dysphoria. Justices Thomas and Alito would have granted the stay.
Today News Africa ·
SADC chair Cyril Ramaphosa opened a virtual Extraordinary Summit on Oct. 21, calling for inclusive dialogue in Madagascar, peace in eastern Congo and preparation for a new El Niño, as leaders met to appoint a deputy executive secretary and elect the security organ's incoming chair.