African Water Facility Turns Waste into Commercial Fertilizer and Energy, Improves Sanitation Services for Ghana’s Urban Poor
AfricaPress Releases November 8, 2013
PRESS RELEASE African Water Facility Turns Waste into Commercial Fertilizer and Energy, While Improving Sanitation Services for the Urban Poor, in Ghana A waste treatment plant that can produce about 500 tons of fertilizer per year, and can generate about 580,000 kWh per year of... Read more
Agriculture Fast Track Fund Now Accepting Grant Applications from African Agri-Business Operators
AfricaPress Releases November 8, 2013
PRESS RELEASE TUNIS, Tunisia, November 7, 2013/ — The Agriculture Fast Track Fund (http://www.AFTfund.org), a new multi-donor trust fund, managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org), designed to boost investment in Africa’s agricultural sector, is now accepting applications for new grants. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/african-development-bank-2.png Launching the call for... Read more
The International Criminal Court on Thursday postponed the trial of Kenya’s president on crimes against humanity charges until February, but the African Union said that’s not enough time and stepped up pressure for a one-year deferral. The judges made the announcement while an AU ministerial delegation was meeting behind... Read more
The one-week old massive protest embarked upon by the people of the four Eket core oil producing communities in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria against the operation of Exxon Mobil, has been suspended. A statement by representatives of the communities under the aegis of Eket Federal Constituency Vanguard said... Read more
Nigeria’s army said Friday it had killed 74 suspected Boko Haram fighters in a raid on insurgent camps in restive Borno state, the latest operation in the military’s bid to crush a four-year Islamist uprising. “The operations, which involved ground and aerial assault…led to the destruction of the identified... Read more
Operations at ExxonMobil in Eket, Akwa Ibom State have come to an abrupt halt, as agitating people of Eket Communities took to the streets on Thursday to say enough is enough. The mass protest which was staged simultaneously around Mobil facilities namely the Airstrip in Eket, Mobil Terminal in... Read more
Libya marks two years since the fall of Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday, but instead of the freedom and development Libyans had hoped for, the country has fallen deeper into anarchy. Rival Islamist and Western-backed factions are melding with the country’s dizzying array of militias, turning political feuds into armed... Read more
The African Union’s call for the International Criminal Court to defer the crimes against humanity trials of Kenya’s leadership is “deplorable”, Amnesty International said Sunday. The London-based human rights organisation said the AU, which also called for sitting heads of state to be exempt from appearing before the court... Read more
Divers in Italy recovered 38 more bodies on Monday from a shipwreck in which over 300 African asylum seekers are feared to have died, as EU states prepared to address the growing refugee crisis. Hundreds of rescuers and army personnel have been deployed to the island of Lampedusa whose... Read more
A ship carrying African migrants to Europe caught fire and capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday, killing at least 94 people as it spilled hundreds of passengers into the sea, officials said. Over 150 people were rescued but some 200 others were still unaccounted-for. It was... Read more
