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BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra, Ghana- Ghanaians living in South Africa are calling on Ghana’s Mission in South Africa to come to their aid in the wake of fresh xenophobic attacks. Few days ago, black natives in South Africa have for the past week taken to looting and burning of shops owned by other nationals in Pretoria and Johannesburg. South African police have arrested dozens of the protestors who claim immigrants, especially Nigerians are taking over their jobs and selling illicit drugs. A South Africa-based Ghanaian, Rev. Minister Donald Agyapong narrated how bad the situation is and how Ghanaians are coping. “I am in Durban watching the news on TV and calling our people in the place and what is happening in the videos is true and it baffles me why there is no...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Robert Friedland, Canadian mining billionaire is bent to take control of the Nimba Iron Ore deposit in Guinea. On Thursday, High Power Exploration-a private US Company administering by Mr. Friedland. He noted, it has retained greenlight from Conakry to buy the 95% interest in Nimba owned by BHP, Newmont Mining and France’s Orano. “I am delighted that HPX will work with the Government and people of Guinea to bring the Nimba deposit into production and to help His Excellency President Conde’ realize his longstanding vision of seeing Guinea become a world-class producer of iron ore,” said HPX President Eric Finlayson. Nimba, located in the south-east of Guinea, is estimated to hold around $1 billion tones of the...

BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra, Ghana- THE MINISTRY of Aviation as part of government’s commitment to promote seamless air travel and connectivity within the country would open the Wa Regional Airport in Ghana for commercial flights on October 15. “The commencement of commercial flight operations to the Wa Regional Airport is due to the successful testing and confirmation of the Pavement Condition Number (PCN) of the runway and other facilities that meet international standards of safety,” the Aviation Minister Joseph Kofi Adda said in a statement. “This feat has been achieved in collaboration with the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the Local Airlines operating in the country,” he added. “This forms part ...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- American multinational conglomerate General Electric has accomplished the upgrade of the gas turbines in advance of schedule at Tanzanian’s Songas Ubungo Power Plant in the commercial capital – Dar es Salaam. It began operations with its gas turbines in 2018, has an installed capacity of 110 megawatts and provides more than 20% of the grid – connected power in Tanzania. The upgrade of 3GE’s LM 6000 PA and one LM 600Pc aero – derivative gas turbines improve the plant’s efficiency and reliability, the company notes; enabling to maintain the power station in the most economical way possible. Elisee Sezan – CEO for GE Power Business in Sub – Saharan African remarked. “Our goal is to bring long – term value to our...