West Africa

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Providers on Monday confirmed the death of a middleaged eastern Iowa resident from Lassa fever. The person had actually just recently returned from travel to West Africa, where it is believed the individual contracted the virus, the state health department stated. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working to verify the diagnosis of Lassa fever, the state health department stated. The CDC said it assesses the danger to the public to be exceptionally low. Lassa fever is a viral disease common in West Africa, however seldom seen in the United...

The following are the top stories on the New york city Times company pages. Reuters has not validated these stories and does not vouch for their precision. - Boeing's largest union declined a tentative labor contract on Wednesday, dealing a blow to the aerospace maker and the Biden administration, which had intervened in the hopes of ending the strike that started more than five weeks back. - The U.S. Transport Department on Wednesday revealed a $50 million fine versus American Airlines, stating it mistreated handicapped air travelers who utilize wheelchairs. - Federal regulators ordered Goldman Sachs and Apple on Wednesday...

storyp1> DAKAR, Oct 19 (Reuters) A Delta Airlines Boeing 767 airplane bound for New York made an emergency stop due to a technical event at the Blaise Diagne International Airport in Senegal on Saturday, the West African nation's transport ministry stated. The pilot had the ability to bring the plane, which brought 216 travelers, to a safe stop and no injuries were taped, the ministry said in a statement. The airplane, during departure, carried out a velocity maneuver followed by an emergency stop due to a technical occurrence, it stated. The event occurred a day after the U.S. Federal Air...

Nigeria on Thursday announced the signing of a memorandum of comprehending with Boeing that will boost Nigerian airlines' capability to lease new airplane and get maintenance and technical assistance. Boeing, which supplies 60 airline companies with 500 airplanes throughout Africa, forecasts the continent will require 1,170 aircrafts over the next two decades. The MOU signed in Seattle on Wednesday by Nigerian air travel minister Festus Keyamo and Boeing executives will see the maker supply preparation workshops, training, technical support and evaluations to Nigerian airline company operators. Under the regards to the MOU, Boeing Airports Engineering team will provide assessment to...

In eight years of working as a cab driver in Kenya's capital, Judith Chepkwony has never ever seen organization this bad. A bruising cost war in between ride-hailing business Uber Technologies, Estonia's Bolt and regional start-ups Little and Faras has driven fares down to a level that numerous chauffeurs state is unsustainable, requiring them to set their own higher rates. The majority of us have these cars on loan and the expense of living has increased, Chepkwony told Reuters. I attempt to convince the customers to consent to the higher rates. If they can't pay, we cancel and let them...

Mali will establish a stateowned airline to service the vast, landlocked West African nation more than a years after the closure of the last nationwide airline, the federal government announced on Wednesday night. The brand-new airline company, Mali Airlines-SA, will service local capitals, the military-led federal government stated in a statement, but supplied few other information. Mali, which covers a swathe of the Sahel five times the size of Britain, shares 7,420 kilometres (4,610 miles) of border with seven nations, according to the statement. Roadway travel can be hazardous in Mali, which has actually been struggling to include a separatist...

A minimum of 27 individuals died when a. boat capsized on the Niger River in main Nigeria, the local. emergency management agency said on Friday. The final death toll from the mishap late on Thursday. would be known once a search and rescue operation ended, stated. Sandra Musa, spokesperson for Kogi State Emergency Situation Management. Agency. So far, 27 bodies have been recuperated, however (the) rescue. operation is still ongoing, Musa informed Reuters. The boat was carrying primarily traders from Missa neighborhood in. central Kogi state heading to a weekly market in neighbouring. Niger state, a National Inland Waterways Authority...

Nigeria's national grid suffered a partial collapse on Tuesday, the state power transmitter stated, marking the ninth event this year to have triggered power outages across the nation. The Transmission Business of Nigeria (TCN) stated the grid experienced a disruption at around 1252 GMT, activated by a. series of line and generator trips destabilising the system. While some areas, including the capital Abuja, gained back. power about an hour after the collapse, blackouts continued. somewhere else. TCN engineers are currently working to quickly bring back bulk. power supply to the states impacted by the partial disturbance,. representative Ndidi Mbah said....

Togo's transport ministry suspended the ridehailing app Yango owned by Russia's tech giant Yandex, over security issues simply months after it began running in the West African country. In a statement on Thursday, the ministry stated that Yango began operating in June without permission and in offense of the country's procedures. The ministry stated the choice was taken control of concerns for the security of travelers, order and legal treatments. The activities of the operator YANGO are for that reason suspended across the entire national area, the declaration said. Yango said the ride-hailing company ran separately from Yandex and was...

Residents and a local official said that dozens of people are believed to be dead after a boat capsized in northern Nigeria carrying mostly women, children and returning from a religious event. Abdullahi Baba Arah is the head of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency. He said that the accident occurred around 8:30 pm (1930 GMT), on Tuesday, when the wooden boat with almost 300 passengers went down in the River Niger. He added that rescue workers and volunteers in rural Mokwa, Niger's local government area, had rescued 150 individuals. In a press release, Arah stated that the search and...

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...

At least 6 individuals passed away after a boat capsized off Senegal over the weekend, a spokesperson for the West African country's militaries stated on Monday. The boat - a narrow, wooden fishing vessel called a. pirogue - was bring around 100 migrants from the town of. Mbour and it overturned after only 4 km (2.5 miles) of. navigation, state broadcaster Radio Television Senegalaise (RTS). said late on Sunday. 4 people were saved but many are still missing, RTS. stated. The armed forces spokesperson told Reuters the navy had actually sent. an airplane and two boats to search for the...

CNPC is Asia's largest oil producer and it has reviewed its global strategy to revitalize dealmaking. It will focus on gas liquefaction, deepsea drilling, as well as improving its track record in producing more from aging fields. China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) & its listed subsidiary PetroChina are facing stagnant oil production at home, a lack of new projects worldwide to boost reserves and a slowing economy and a surge in EV use eroding domestic demand. However, mounting geopolitical obstacles limit their room for manoeuvre. Lu Ruquan is the director of CNPC’s Economics and Technology Research Institute and is actively...

Landlocked Niger has actually resumed petroleum exports via Benin after a dispute in between the nations halted the flow of oil through a new Chinesefunded pipeline to the West African coast, according to a pipeline company representative and ship tracking information on Wednesday. The conflict was over Niger's refusal to lift a ban on imported products from Benin, leading its coastal neighbour to block exports through the PetroChina-backed pipeline in May. In June, Niger shut off the circulation of oil through the pipeline. An agent with the West African Gas Pipeline Business (Wapco),. which operates the pipeline, told Reuters on...

After years of rapid growth, U.S. crude exports should plateau by 2024. Domestic production is expected to grow the least since the Pandemic and at a time where global oil demand is still lagging. According to U.S. Government data, the average amount of crude oil exported from U.S. Ports has been around 4.2 million barrels a day. This was a 3.5% increase from the previous year, the lowest percentage since 2015 when the U.S. began exporting domestic crude oil following a 40-year ban. Exports increased by 13.5% in the last year. The exports have increased every year, except for 2021...

Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea have signed a contract to develop and operate a gas pipeline, Nigerian governmental representative Ajuri Ngelale said in a declaration on Thursday. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu consulted with Equato-Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in the Main African country of Equatorial Guinea throughout a three-day check out to go over concerns varying from employment and disputes to food security among others. Nigeria and Morocco consented to construct the pipeline in 2016 to promote local combination and enhance energy security, while offering African gas an export path to Europe. That project, backed by the Economic Community of...