Ghana: Techiman MCE Cuts Sod for Construction of Six-Unit Classroom Block for Aduana School

[Ghanaian Times] Techiman -- The Techiman Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Benjamin Yaw Gyarko, on Tuesday cut the sod for construction of a two-storey six-unit classroom block for the Aduana Model Basic Schools (AMBS) at Wiawso in the Bono East Region.
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Ghana: KNDA Embarks On Reconstruction of Major Roads

[Ghanaian Times] Chinderi -- The Krachi-Nchumuru District Assembly (KNDA) has embarked on reconstruction of major roads in the district to open up the area, for easy transportation of food crops to market centres.
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Uganda: EACOP Recieve License to Construct 1,443km East African Oil Pipeline

[Independent (Kampala)] Kikuube, Uganda -- President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, whilst attending the Kingfisher drilling inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, has also witnessed the handover of the license to Construct the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The handover was done by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, (MEMD) Ruth Nankabirwa, at the Kingfisher Oil Fields, at Buhuka, Kyangwali, Kikuube District.
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Uganda: Energy Ministry Hands Over EACOP Construction Licence

[Nile Post] President Museveni has witnessed the handover of the licence for the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development.
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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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