West Africa

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

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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

At least 6 dead after boat bring migrants sinks off Senegal

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

West Africa

Ghana starts pilot program to trace cocoa as EU deforestation law looms, authorities states

Ghana is piloting a system that traces cocoa beans from farm to port as it prepares for a. new EU law banning the import of products linked to. deforestation, a government official said on Thursday. The landmark brand-new law, which could in time improve international. product markets, comes into impact end of December. It needs EU importers of coffee, cocoa, soy, palm,. lumber, beef and rubber to prove their supply chains are not. contributing to deforestation anywhere in the world, or be fined. approximately 4% of their turnover. We have polygon-mapped all the cocoa in Ghana, developed. an end-to-end traceability

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