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By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Agree with to set up a Continental Power System Master Plan between the Africa Development Bank and AUDA-NEPAD was uncovered during a three-day workshop on the perimeter of Programme for Infrastructure Development (PIDA) Week held in Cairo – Egypt. The workshop also produced the Master plan’s terms of reference. “The Continental Power System Master Plan will ensure that competitive electricity markets are developed at regional and continental levels, creating unique opportunities to optimally utilize Africa’s vast energy resources for the benefit of Africa,” stated, Professor Mosad Elmissiry – a Senior Energy Advisor to AUDA-NEPAD’s CEO. The workshop was geared at forwarding the launch of an...

BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY  NEWS, Accra, Ghana- FOOD SOVEREIGNTY Ghana (FSG) has stated that many farms in the country have lost their natural value because of the continued use of chemicals such as glyphosate and the like on farm products. According to the group, the critical role played by organisms such as earthworms and bees to enrich the soil is increasingly under threat as the use of dangerous pesticides and herbicides is fast eroding their populations. “Farmers no longer find mushrooms or snails on their farms,” the group stated. FSG said specifically it was important in their role as a civil society organization working for social justice to highlight the extreme danger posed by our continued use of chemicals like glyphosate in products such as roundup, which are now...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- NIGERIA, Presidents of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are to meet on Saturday 21st December, 2019 in Abuja to bethink suggestions on the single currency administration for the sub-region of both English and French West Africa. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning of Nigeria – Zainab Ahmed, pronounced 7th December, 2019 in Nigeria – Abuja at the end of the meeting of Ministerial Committee of Ministers of Finances and Governors of Central Banks of ECOWAS on the single currency. Mrs. Ahmed, who is doubling as the chairperson of the committee intimated the press that, the reports and recommendations from the meeting, would be put forward for approval to presidents of...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY  NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- TANZANIA, President John Magufuli laid the foundation stone of the Kigongo-Busisi bridge which is the longest in East Africa and the sixth-longest in Africa. It is estimated that, the bridge is 3.2 kilometers long and 28.45 meters wide that will make a travel connection from the Kigongo and Busisi areas in the Mwanza and Geita regions in Northern Tanzania ease transport and trade with neighboring countries -Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda. The 180-tonne capacity bridge will allow 1,600 vehicles to pass at a time and will thus, in Mwanza becoming a commercial nave in the Lake Zone. The bridge will substitute to the present ferry connecting the shores, expressively negating transport challenges and improve on regional...