Author: Amnewsworld

For the first time since 2009, global growth will be weak, not going beyond 2%, according to the IMF figures. Growth in Africa will therefore be subject to external shocks and be plunged into uncertainty. To cope with the unpredictability of the international market and possible crises, economists urged African states to reduce their reliance on the outside by diversifying their economies putting great emphasis on agriculture and industrialization. Cameroonian economist Eugène Nyam gives us his insight on the matter. In Togo, the Guaranteed Minimum Inter-Occupational Wage has risen from 60 to nearly $90. Representatives of private-sector employers and trade…

In Tunisia, a former environment minister has been sentenced for his role in an illegal import of household waste from Italy. Former minister Mustapha Aroui was dismissed and arrested in December 2020 along with other officials. The court’s verdict was announced late on Tuesday and reported in the local Tunisian press on Wednesday. The former minister, along with three other defendants, was sentenced to three years in prison. The case dates back to July 2020 when the household waste, the import of which is prohibited by law, was brought to Tunisia in 280 containers by a Tunisian company that falsely…

Kenya hosted Thursday (Jan. 05), the president of World Athletics. The country’s Sports Minister held a press conference in Nairobi with Sebastian Coe. A raft of Kenyan runners were suspended last year after testing positive for banned drugs and entered the Athletics Integrity Unit global list of ineligible athletes. Kenya still escaped a ban contrary to Russia; a situation Sebastian Coe explained. “What is the difference between our approach to Kenya than the approach that we took with Russia? Let me make this clear, these are two very different cases. As was evident in the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) report,…

The Spanish police have dismantled in Malaga a criminal group dedicated to labor exploitation and fraudulent regulation of undocumented immigrants, mainly Moroccans, who were charged up to 3,000 euros for false contracts. In the operation 43 people of various nationalities were arrested, including the leaders of the group. As shown in the video released by the national police, the agents entered and searched four homes in the province of Malaga in which they seized more than 50,000 euros in cash and abundant documentation. It is believed that at least seven agricultural companies were involved in the labor exploitation scheme. These…

It is estimated that globally 65 million people live with limb amputations, according to a study by the African Journal of Disability. In South Africa, amputee care is a service most cannot afford. Prosthetics can cost anything from 20 000 US dollars to 100 000 US dollars. Sibongile Mongadi is the founder of Ukuhamba Prosthetics, a small business that uses 3D technology to produce low cost prosthetic limbs out of recycled materials such as water bottles. She says her gum infection four years ago led her to start the business. “I just had a gum infection so my local clinic…

The Sudanese Mineral Resources Company announced the production of more than 18 tons of gold in 2022. The body described it as the highest productivity in the history of the mineral sector in Sudan. The Director of the General Administration for Supervision and Control of Production Companies, Engineer Alaeldin Ali, said in a press statement on Monday (Jan. 02) that productivity increased by one ton and 611 kilograms, compared to the highest production in the last period, which was achieved in 2019. The 18 tons and 637 kilograms of gold produced in 2022 originated from the production of the organized…

Authorities in Ghana will toughen entry restrictions from Jan. 6, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases in China. All air travelers arriving from China will now be required to present a negative PCR COVID test result not older than 48 hours before departure, and undergo another test on arrival in Ghana’s Kotoka international airport at no cost. The Ghana Airports Company Limited announced the updated guidelines on its website on Tuesday, adding: “All persons arriving in Ghana who are fully vaccinated will be exempted from any form of testing done either prior to boarding from an originating country or on…

A Ugandan music promoter has been charged with nine counts of negligence over the death of 10 people in a New Year’s Eve stampede at a concert in the capital, Kampala. Abbey Musinguzi known as Abitex appeared before the Makindye chief magistrates’ court on Tuesday evening. He denied the charges and was remanded at Luzira prison. The prosecution alleges he caused a stampede at Freedom City Mall when he closed outlets to the venue leaving only one gate for more than 20,000 people to exit. The 52-year-old was arrested on Monday. His lawyer claims his client is being targeted because…

Spanish authorities announced that they dismantled an organization that had sent more than 5,000 tons of hazardous electronic waste from the Canary Islands to several African countries. Senegal, Nigeria, Mauritania and Ghana are among the said states. According to the Spanish Customs and Civil Guard, the “criminal organization that, during the last two years, had managed to send from the island of Gran Canaria to Africa more than 5,000 tons of hazardous waste of electronic devices, would have earned more than one and a half million euros” of profit. The waste was sent by boat, “mainly” to Mauritania, Nigeria, Ghana…

South African world champion captain Siya Kolisi has signed with Racing 92 in France. However, the third row will only join the Parisian club after the 2023 Rugby World Cup which takes place in France between September and October. Kolisi 31, is currently playing for the Sharks, one of the five South African franchises that are participating since this season in the European cups. According to the Parisian club, “This signing is part of a broader agreement of long-term collaboration between the clubs of Racing 92 and the Sharks where each of the parties has made financial efforts,” secutive world…