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Kapichira Power Station’s generation capacity of 129.6MW will not be available to the national grid during two weekends this month as Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) will be carrying out repair works. The company has said in a statement today that the works which are very
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Its Time!: Mariah Carey dazzles Detroit with Christmas concert to kick off December | New Pittsburgh Courier
Despite the absence of snow in Detroit, Mariah Carey, in her signature diva style, conjured a snowy spectacle, transforming the stage into a winter wonderland that harmonized seamlessly with the festive atmosphere. This fascinating transformation set the perfect tone as we launched into the
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T.I. Seemingly Hits Back At Accusers On “What It’s Come To”
In a new track titled "What It's Come To," Tip seemingly addresses his accusers with some very direct bars despite the case being under active investigation in Los Angeles.
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Bindura wheat farmers fret over erratic power supplies
OVER 90 wheat farmers in Bindura, Mashonaland Central province, have raised alarm over erratic power supply which they said was affecting irrigation of the crop, NewsDay has learnt. BY SIMBARASHE SITHOLE The farmers, who planted over 6 000 hectares of wheat, said faults which have seen their power
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Togo
Togo, officially Togolese Republic, republic (2010 pop. 6,191,155), 21,622 sq mi (56,000 sq km), W Africa. It borders on the Gulf of Guinea in the south, on Ghana in the west, on Burkina Faso in the north, and on Benin in the east. Lomé is the countrys capital and its largest
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Land occupiers in Joburg vow to return to patch of land where shacks were destroyed
Some of the land is on people's plots, where the fencing has been
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Bomani Jones Signs Multi-Year Contract Extension With ESPN
Host and commentator Bomani Jones has signed a multi-year contract extension with
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Zimbabwe: Council's Zesa Debt Balloons to U.S.$1.9 Billion
[The Herald] Harare City Council's debt to Zesa Holdings has reportedly ballooned to $1,9 billion from about $1,2 billion in June when the utility switched off power supply to Morton Jaffray water treatment plant for two days, leaving the entire city dry.
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Niger
National name: République du Niger
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Power outage disrupts water supply to sections of St Mary
The National Water Commission (NWC) is reporting that the Palmetto Grove Treatment Plant in St Mary is out of operation due to a power outage at the facility.  This has resulted in water supply disruption to ...
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Niger
Niger nī´jər [key], great river of W Africa, c.2,600 mi (4,180 km) long, rising on the Fouta Djallon plateau, SW Guinea, and flowing NE through Guinea and into Mali. In central Mali the Niger forms its vast inland delta (c.30,000 sq mi/77,700 sq km), a maze of channels and shallow lakes. An
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Benin
By the end of the 1980s, Benins economy was near collapse. As its oil boom ended, Nigeria expelled 100,000 Beninese migrant workers and closed the border with Benin. Kérékous socialist collectivization of Benins agriculture and the ballooning bureaucracy further damaged the economy. By
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Nigeria coronavirus: 8,915 cases, WHO trials, Trump's ventilators
Total confirmed cases = 8,915 (new cases
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Tory Lanez “Stupid Again,” Styles P “I’m The Sh*t” & More | Daily Visuals 6.18.20
During the Coronavirus quarantine of the past few months, Tory Lanez is one of the few artists who kept his name buzzing on social media whether it was from his Quarantine Radio show or just dropping new
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Nigeria coronavirus: 7,261 cases; Buhari's private Eid, chloroquine warning
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What is intersectionality? A scholar of organizational behavior explains
First used in the 1970s, the social theory known as intersectionality triggered widespread debate on racial identifications and the interplay among categories.
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Massive fines expose power firms’ breach of land rights
In a bid to connect as many Kenyans as possible to the national grid, the power firms has in some instances, overlooked laid down rules and procedures.
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Zimbabwe: Zesa Warns of Massive Power Cuts
[New Zimbabwe] THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) Wednesday warned of crippling nationwide power cuts after the Hwange Power Station developed a technical fault on Tuesday.
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Standpipe gets blackout relief from JPS
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has granted an extension to residents of Standpipe, St Andrew, who have failed to regularise their power supply and upgrade on to a new monitoring and billing system. An ultimatum of Friday, August 7 had...
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Nigeria
Nigeria nījĭr´ēə [key], officially Federal Republic of Nigeria, republic (2006 provisional pop. 140,003,542), 356,667 sq mi (923,768 sq km), W Africa. It borders on the Gulf of Guinea (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean) in the south, on Benin in the west, on Niger in the northwest and north, on Chad in
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Georgia election chaos could have been avoided
Alarm bells have been sounded in Georgia’s presidential primary and down-ballot elections as state and local officials reacted to the chaos as voters faced long lines and confusion as they attempted to cast their votes
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Deals tie users to 15 more years of expensive power
A listing of the active diesel-run power generators shows that the longest power purchase agreement runs till 2035, leaving consumers with a longer wait before the expensive energy sources
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Africa: WTO - Okonjo-Iweala's Nomination Violates AU Rules - Official
In a diplomatic note through Nigeria's mission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which hosts the AU headquarters, Mr Buhari announced Mrs Okonjo-Iweala as the country's candidate for the WTO
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JPS: No need to shut down national grid over Tropical Storm Elsa
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says isolated sections of the grid have been affected by Tropical Storm Elsa, but it has no plans of shutting down the system. "The company wishes to make it clear that it is monitoring the situation and there...
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Nigeria: Why There's Hike in Price of Cooking Gas - NNPC
[Daily Trust] The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, says the challenges in sourcing adequate supply of cooking gas has led to the increase in prices of the commodity.
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Burkina Faso
Slightly larger than Colorado, Burkina Faso, formerly known as Upper Volta, is a landlocked country in West Africa. Its neighbors are Côte dIvoire, Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, and Ghana. The country consists of extensive plains, low hills, high savannas, and a desert area in the
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Nigeria: Benin Bronzes - the Long Journey Home
[Chatham House] Molemo Moiloa on why African voices need to be heard in the debate over the restitution of looted artefacts
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Mathieu Kérékou
Mathieu Kérékou, (born Sept. 2, 1933, Kouarfa, French Dahomey [now Benin]—died Oct. 14, 2015, Cotonou, Benin), Beninese military and political leader who seized power in a military coup (1972), declared (1974) a one-party Marxist-Leninist state, renamed (1975) the country the People’s Republic of
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Stacey Abrams Angered By Georgia Primary Voting Collapse, May Take Legal Action
Extremely long lines at the polls during the Georgia primary that caused voters to wait as long as eight hours to cast ballots were a source of chaos in the election, which had already been postponed because of
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