🔴 AFCON SEMIS ✳ Egypt 0 (3) Cameroon 0 (1) #TeamCameroon | ✅❌❌❌ #TeamEgypt | ✅✅✅ Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Egypt will face Senegal in Sunday’s 2021 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations final after winning today’s semifinal 3-1 on penalties . It was a tactical and tense match …
Read More »Catherine Russell fourth woman to lead UNICEF
New York, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Catherine Russell took office this week as UNICEF’s new Executive Director, becoming the fourth woman to lead the organization in its 75-year history. “It is an honor and a privilege to join UNICEF and help lead its remarkable work for children at such …
Read More »Mane destroys Burkina Faso as Senegal marches into final
🔴 AFCON SEMIS ✳ Senegal 3 Burkina Faso 1 Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Sadio Mane was man of the match as Senegal brushed aside Burkina Faso 3-1 to storm the AFCON final on Wednesday. The Lions of Teranga reach the TotalEnergies AFCON final for the second successive time. …
Read More »Fire incident at Vivo Energy Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several people are reported to be injured after a fire at Vivo Energy fuel depot at the Shell Depot on 7th Street in the Industrial area, Kampala. The fire was quickly put off. Police confirmed their station at Kabalagala registered a fire outbreak …
Read More »President says he is safe after Guinea-Bissau coup attemp
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | Xinhua | Several automatic weapon fires were reported on Tuesday afternoon near the government palace in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau. Gunshots were reported near the Palace of the Government of Guinea-Bissau, where the extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers was being held. The president, Umaro Sissoco …
Read More »Gunmen killed 1,192 in northern Nigerian state in 2021
Lagos, Nigeria | Xinhua | A total of 1,192 people were killed and 3,348 others kidnapped in 2021 in a spate of attacks by gunmen who have been on the rampage in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kaduna, according to official data released by Tuesday. In a security report for the …
Read More »Ukrainian president, British PM meet on security issues
Kive, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and visiting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met in Kiev on Tuesday to discuss security issues, in particular Russian military buildup on the Ukrainian border, the presidential press service said. In a joint statement after their talks, Zelensky and Johnson warned …
Read More »Israeli army to build laser-based shield against missiles
Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Israel will start using a laser-based system to intercept missiles within a year, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Tuesday. “Within about a year, the IDF (Israel Defense Force) will bring into action a laser-based interception system, first experimentally, and later operationally,” Bennett told …
Read More »Aavishkaar Capital and KfW unveils US$250 million ‘ESG First Fund’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Indian based Venture Capitalists, Aavishkaar Capital (Aavishkaar) in partnership with KfW, a German state-owned investment and development bank, have unveiled US$ 250 million “ESG First Fund” focused on strengthening the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practice of mid-cap businesses while offering them flexible capital …
Read More »HISTORIC: Final decision on $10bn Uganda oil project
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The joint venture partners in Uganda’s Oil and Gas sector have made the Final Investment Decision (FID) today. “The milestone marks a firm commitment from the IOCs to proceed with Uganda’s oil and gas projects and launches the major construction works,” Energy …
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