West Africa

Transport Infrastructure

Senegal's urban cycling pattern offers possibility to improve green transport

Medical professional Philip Moreira's commute to health center on an electric bike is a hazardous, smoginfused weave through the disorderly traffic of Senegal's capital Dakar. Moreira, 58, is part of a little however budding community of city bicyclists that have ended up being a more common sight in current years, zipping around Dakar's gridlock for exercise and fun, signalling a shift in the city's transport characteristics. Biking groups have actually never ever had numerous members, and state authorities are not doing enough to turn the growing interest in bicycles into strategies to minimize blockage and carbon emissions. Moreira's club Velo...

Transport Infrastructure

Cocoa arrivals to reach 1 million tons by end-January, CCC sources state

Cocoa arrivals at ports in leading grower Ivory Coast are expected to reach 1 million metric tons by the end of January, two sources from the Coffee and Cocoa Council stated, simply short of in 2015's estimated level. Arrivals given that the start of the season on Oct. 1 at the ports of Abidjan and San Pedro were up 26% year-on-year at 365,000 metric heaps by Nov. 3, exporters stated on Monday, volumes with which sources stated the marketplace regulator was satisfied. However due to the fact that of consistent rains and floods, brown rot, a. fungal disease that assaults...

Transport Infrastructure

New York Times service news - Oct 25

TheThe following are the leading stories on the New York Times organization pages. Reuters has not validated these stories and does not vouch for their precision. - Onion recall linked to E. Coli and McDonald's. spread to other junk food chains including Taco Bell, KFC,. Burger King and Pizza Hut, who have stopped serving onions at. various places. Federal regulators have actually not validated the. source of the break out, which has up until now eliminated a single person and. sickened 49. - Southwest Airlines will select six brand-new directors. as part of a truce with Elliott Financial investment Management,...

Transport Infrastructure

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...

Transport Infrastructure

China signs electrical power, infrastructure handle Chad and Senegal

China has signed multiple arrangements with Chad and Senegal involving jobs ranging from electrical energy and facilities to drinking water and communications technology at the Forum on ChinaAfrica Cooperation in Beijing, the nations' presidencies said on Wednesday. The world's greatest bilateral loan provider, which is hosting 50 African nations, wants to re-align its relations with establishing economies around President Xi Jinping's brand-new mantra of little and gorgeous projects, instead of big-ticket infrastructure. Leading Chinese companies and institutions have actually signed six memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Chad in the energy, water, farming, infrastructure and defence sectors, the Main African country's...

Passenger Transportation Services

One person dead in Iowa from Lassa fever, state health department states

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...

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New york city Times company news - Oct 24

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...