Ghana: Demolishing Building At the Nigerian High Commission – Osu Stool Claims Land

[Ghanaian Times] The Paramount Chief of the Osu Traditional Area Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuna VI has refuted the claim that a building demolished at West Ridge in Accra over the weekend was situated in the Nigerian High Commission.
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Cameroon: Reconstruction of NW/SW Field – Consultations Begin in Bamenda

[Cameroon Tribune] National Coordinator of the Presidential Plan, Paul Tasong, was in Bamenda yesterday June 22, 2020 and will consult the population from all the Divisions of the Region.
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Liberia: Rep. Solomon George Blasts Public Work Minister Over Substandard Road Across Liberia

[FrontPageAfrica] Capitol Hill -Rep. Solomon C. George (CDC, District #7, Montserrado) has criticized Public Works Minister Mobutu Nyenpan for awarding contracts to companies he accused of doing substandard work in Liberia.
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Nigeria: Gridlock – Presidential Task Team Abandons Oshodi/Apapa Expressway

[Vanguard] Motorists plying the Apapa-Oshodi expressway in Lagos, yesterday, went through the most harrowing experience of their lives, as they were trapped in traffic for the better part of the day.
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Botswana: Delayed Bridge Project Escapes Further Delays

[Botswana Daily News] Mohembo -Construction of the multi-million pula Mohembo bridge, which is almost one year behind schedule, has reportedly not experienced more delays due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
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Sudan: Irrigation Minister – Hamdouk’s Initiative Still On Table to Continue Negotiate EGRD

[SNA] Khartoum -The Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Professor Yasser Abbas stressed that the initiative of Prime Minister Dr. Abdullah Hamdouk and his invitation to negotiate the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam is present to continue negotiations, reiterating that the issue of the EGRD is a national issue that does not bear any political differences or polarization.
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Uganda: No Certificate, No Building Job

[Monitor] The government has been asked to regulate recruitment of workers as a measure to avoid calamities caused by poor workmanship such as collapsing buildings which have killed people and occasioned property destruction.
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Kenya: Renegotiate SGR Loan Terms to Avoid Default, House Tells Kenyan Treasury

[East African] Kenyan law makers want the government to renegotiate the loan agreements signed with China for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) whose viability has come into question despite injection of billions of dollars into the project.
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Nigeria: NNPC, Seplat to Build 200-Bed Infectious Diseases Centre in Imo

[This Day] The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc (SPDC) joint venture partnership have selected Imo State as the choice site to build the COVID-19 Infectious Diseases Medical Centre for the South-east zone.
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East Africa: GERD to Boost FDI Flow, Reduce Poverty in East Africa

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - The timely completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will play a significant role in boosting the flow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the country and thereby address socioeconomic problems, says Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC).
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