Egypt: Sisi Orders Continuing Efforts to Develop Roads, Axes Nationwide

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday 18/09/2021 issued directives to the bodies concerned to continue efforts exerted to develop roads and main axes nationwide.
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Mozambique: Machatine Lays Foundation Stone for Road Rehabilitation

[AIM] Maputo -- Chokwe (Mozambique), 18 Sep (AIM) - The Mozambican Minister of Public Works, Joao Machatine, on Friday laid the foundation stone for the rehabilitation of three important roads in the southern province of Gaza, with a combined length of 122 kilometres, which will boost agricultural marketing and tourism.
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Nigeria: Agony in South-East As Most Federal Roads Collapse

[Vanguard] DRIVING through most of the federal roads that crisscross the South-East geopolitical zone has become very agonizing. The Enugu-Onitsha, Onitsha Owerri, Aba-Owerri, Owerri-Umuahia, Enugu-Abakaliki, Oba-Nnewi-Okigwe, among many others are in deplorable condition.
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Angola: State Minister Launches Water Rehabilitation Project in Menongue

[ANGOP] Menongue -- The Minister of State for Social Affairs, Carolina Cerqueira, Friday launched the Akz 1.5 billion project for rehabilitation and expansion of water distribution system in Menongue, capital of Cuando Cubango.
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Kenya: Need to Adopt Eurocodes in Construction

[Nation] With the world having become a global village, so will quality standards keep evolving to keep up with the times. For instance, emerging global trends will soon make it necessary for Kenyan engineers to abandon the use of British Standards and Codes of Practice for engineering structures and adopt Structural Eurocodes.
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Ethiopia: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – Tunisia ‘Astonished’ At Ethiopia’s Statement

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia expressed "astonishment" at the statement issued Wednesday by Ethiopia's Ministry of foreign Affairs in which it warned that "Tunisia's historic misstep in advancing the council's pronouncement undermines its solemn responsibility as a rotating member of the UN Security Council on an African seat."
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Ghana: Construction Industry Needs Biting Law

[Ghanaian Times] Vice President AlhajiDrMahamuduBawumia is reported to have hinted of the introduction of a Construction Industry Development Authority Bill aimed at promoting technology, business and manpower development in the construction sector.
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Ghana: MP Sues Govt… Over Uncompleted School Project

[Ghanaian Times] The Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi Constituency, in the Volta Region, has filed a writ at the AccraHigh Court, urging the court to order the Government of Ghana to completeremaining uncompleted schools under the 200 Community Day Senior High Schools (SHSs) projects started by former President John Draman iMahama.
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Egypt: Radi – Egyptian-Bahraini Talks Covered Latest Developments in Ethiopian Dam Issue

[Egypt Online] "The session of talks held here Thursday 16/9/2021 between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and King Hamad Bin Eissa Al Khalifa of Bahrain dealt with the latest developments in the issue of the Ethiopian dam in light of the recent presidential statement issued by the United Nations Security Council in this respect," Presidency Spokesman Bassam Radi said.
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Egypt: Shoukri Reiterates Egypt’s Confidence in Congo-Led GERD Talks

[Egypt Online] Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukri reiterated Egypt's confidence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s leading of the negotiations process on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) controversy.
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