South Africa: Victory for First Nation Peoples As R4 Billion River Club Development Is Halted

[Daily Maverick] For several years there has been fierce resistance to the proposed development of 10-storey buildings at Cape Town's River Club on what is regarded as a sacred site for First Nation peoples.
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Sudan: PM Reviews Progress of Negotiations Over Renaissance Dam

[SNA] Khartoum -Prime Minsiter Dr Abdallah Hamdouk on Tuesday reviewed during meeting at his office with Foreign Minister Asmaa Mohamed Abdallah , Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Professor Yasser Abbas Mohamed and members of the negotiating committee with its technical and legal components reviewed progress of negotiations over filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
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Kenya: Second Phase of Work Starts on Bukhungu

[Nation] The facelift of Bukhungu stadium in Kakamega County to boost its international ratings has began in earnest at a cost of Sh2.5 billion.
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Sudan: Sudan and Egypt Affirm Their Adherence to Washington Track for Filling of Renaissance Dam

[SNA] Khartoum -Sudan and Egypt have affirmed their adherence to Washington's track as reference for the rules of filling and operating the Renaissance Dam and what was agreed upon in this path and the declaration of principles signed between the three countries in the year 2015.
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Cameroon: Separatists Relaunch Attacks to Reject State Reconstruction Plan

[VOA] Cameroonian separatist fighters have relaunched attacks after the government announced a reconstruction plan, claiming that peace was returning to the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions of the central African state. The military said attacks were reported in at least seven villages, with about 13 fighters killed, but the fighters say the military had more casualties.
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Kenya: KWS in Plan to Build Hotel at Nairobi National Park

[Nation] The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) wants to put up a multimillion-shilling hotel at Nairobi National Park.
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Nigeria: Chinese Company to Participate in Construction of COVID-19 Response Facilities

[Premium Times] The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has said it is participating in the construction of two COVID-19 response facilities in the Federal Capital Territory.
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South Africa: COVID-19 – No Construction Yet At Pretoria Showgrounds Temporary Treatment Site

[News24Wire] The Gauteng health department has not yet started construction at the Pretoria showgrounds where Covid-19 patients are expected to be treated, Health MEC Bandile Masuku said.
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Africa: Egypt’s Gunboat Diplomacy and Ethiopia’s Win-Win Approach On GERD Negotiation

[Addis Standard] Nine years have passed since Ethiopia announced the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The GERD - a big hydroelectric dam on one of the River Nile's main tributaries, the Blue Nile in Ethiopia - is designed to generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity. Its reservoirs will hold 74 billion cubic meters (BCM) of waters, more than the amount that flows to Egypt. Filling this immense reservoir will diminish the flow of the Nile.
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Cameroon: North West – Reconstructing a Region in Pain

[Cameroon Tribune] Rebuilding the region that has suffered massive destruction of property and rekindling hope in people at pain is fervent wish of the population
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