West Africa

Rainy roads slow arrivals of cocoa at Ivory Coast ports

Exporters and buyers say that the damage caused by heavy rains in Ivory Coast’s west, southwest, and coastal regions hampers harvesting, drying, and transporting cocoa beans from ports. Six exporters, six buyers and five cooperatives said that cocoa arrivals in ports have decreased and the quality has deteriorated. Hamed Coulibaly who purchases cocoa from the regions of Duekoue Guiglo and Man said, "Since last week, we've noticed a return of heavy rains which have blocked roads and rendered village tracks completely impassable." He claimed that he had not been able yet to recover the 60 metric tonnes of the commodity

Transportation

Nigeria boat crash leaves dozens dead in River Niger

Senegal's US-funded power grid struck by nationwide outage

Senegal was struck by a. nationwide electrical power failure on Thursday following an accident. at a power station in the capital, Senegal's power energy. Senelec said in a declaration. The U.S. has dedicated over half a billion dollars in current. years to upgrade Senegal's electricity grid as part of a 2018. deal to improve access to reliable power. The accident at the 90,000-volt Hann station set off a. broader interruption on an interconnection grid, interrupting electrical power. distribution throughout the nation, Senelec said. It did not provide any additional information about the accident. Because an extreme power crisis a decade

Natural Gas Pipeline

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Guinea-Bissau police take over 2 tons of drug on airplane from Venezuela

Police in GuineaBissau have seized 2.63 lots of cocaine discovered on an airplane that got here from Venezuela in the West African nation's capital, the judicial authorities said. Representatives confiscated 78 bales of drugs that were smuggled in on a Gulfstream IV aircraft during a raid on Saturday afternoon at Bissau's Osvaldo Vieira International Airport, the cops said in a statement. The aircraft's entire crew of 5, consisting of the pilot, was jailed. They included two Mexican nationals as well as people of Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil. The detainees will appear before a regional court on Monday for interrogation, the

West Africa

Leader of Nigeria's labour federation detained, union says

Nigeria's state security service detained the president of its largest labour federation on Monday on charges that are yet to be divulged, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) stated. The arrest of Joe Ajero comes days after he criticised the government for raising the price of gasoline by 39%, threatening to call a strike if the decision was not reversed. High fuel prices were among the reasons for expense of living demonstrations in early August. Ajero was apprehended by officials from the Department of State Security (DSS) at the airport in the capital Abuja while trying to fly to Britain on

At least 6 dead after boat bring migrants sinks off Senegal