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By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra GHANA- South Sudan’s opposition and civil society groups, currently negotiating a political deal with their government in Nairobi, say they want the talks to lead to a new constitution so that the country can start from a clean slate. The new demand, atop the original desire to rope them into the government of national unity, came as the talks progressed into the second month this week. Pagan Amum, a former minister...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– Substantial international investments and positioning the country as a regional leader in sustainable energy initiatives. Being fixated as the regional leader on sustainable energy initiative with a clarion desire for electricity and a venture to curtail carbon emissions, Ghana has gave premium to the development of renewable energy infrastructure. Vital projects such as the Bui Solar Project...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– “Arranged and coordinated by Afreximbank, the accordion arrangement saw the raising of a combined total of US$925 million from a consortium of crude oil off-taker lenders including but not limited to the Oando Group and Sahara Energy Resource Limited,” the bank stated in a statement. This disbursement, “is expected to provide further support for Nigeria’s macroeconomic stability and long-term...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– Museveni asserted, Ugandan exports to EAC were in $2.140b in 2023 while those to the COMESA countries were $2.157b. The production of cement 6.4million Metric tonnes with an internal demand 2.4million tonnes establishing a balance of surplus of 4.million tonnes like wise sugar production in Uganda is a 600,000 metric tonnes with an Internal market 380,000 metric tonnes. And for the steel...