Liberia: U.S.$165k Clinic Funded By Community Logging Benefits Stalls Over Furniture

[FrontPageAfrica] Tiah Town -- Fifty-two-year-old Elizabeth Zialue traveled 55 kilometers from Tiah Town in Nimba to Boegeezay Town in River Cess County to seek treatment for her two-year-old grandson. Medical services in the Boegeezay community are free but Zialue has to pay LD3,500 for a motorcycle taxi to get there, and the same amount to get back.
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Tanzania: Lindi RC Orders Action Against Contractor

[Daily News] LINDI Regional Commissioner Ms Zainabu Telack has directed the Rural and Urban Road Agency (TARURA) in the area to take disciplinary actions against the contractor constructing Hotelitatu -Pande Road in the region.
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Sierra Leone: Govt Signs Pepel Port & Railway Expansion, Development & Management Agreement With Arise Integrated Industrial Platform Ltd

[Concord] The Government of Sierra Leone has on Tuesday 17th January 2023, signed the Pepel Port and Pepel - Tonkolili Railway development, expansion and management lease agreement with ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms Ltd.
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Liberia: Arcelormittal’s Phase Two Expansion Creating 3000 More Jobs in Construction Phase Alone

[New Republic] Many of the new jobs are created through the hiring of senior, middle, and low-level Liberian technicians for the construction phase of the project, which is heavily concentrated in Yekepa, and Buchanan.
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Nigeria: Worker Dies in Lagos Building Collapse

[Premium Times] Lagos emergency management agency says the building was being worked on by "unskilled labourers" when it collapsed.
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Africa: Extreme Storms and Flood Events Cause Damage Worth Billions to Ports – and They Are Most Disruptive to Small Island Developing States #AfricaClimateCrisis

[The Conversation Africa] Shipping ports are crucial for the global economy. They handle the majority of trade, are industrial and transportation hubs and provide employment. But ports, by their nature, are located in coastal areas or on large rivers and are exposed to natural hazards such as storms and floods as a result.
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Ghana: TDC to Create Sustainable Urban Settlements – Managing Director

[GhanaToday] The Managing Director of Tema Development Company Limited (TDC), Madam Alice Abena Ofori-Atta, has reaffirmed the company's commitment to achieving its mission of creating and managing unique and sustainable urban settlements to meet the evolving needs of the populace.
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Ghana: Major Roads in Accra to Be Completed This Year

[GhanaToday] The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Attah has announced that major roads in Accra would be completed and commissioned in 2023.
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Gambia: Stakeholders Engage New Jeshwang OIC Road Construction Victims’ Ahead of Demolition

[The Point] As the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretariat-The Gambia road project progresses, the office of The Gambia-OIC in partnership with the Ministry of Transport, Works and Infrastructure and the Ministry of Lands on Thursday engaged victims of the road construction at New Jeshwang.
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Zimbabwe: Housing Construction At Pomona City Begins

[The Herald] The excitement at Pomona City has begun with about 140 stand owners now ready to build their properties following the granting of the certificate of compliance by Harare City Council late last year.
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