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Staff Writer, Washington D.C Developed nations around the world have continued to appreciate the outstanding efforts of President John Magufuli of making Tanzania a middle income country by 2030 by providing financial aid and soft loans to boost the country’s journey. Yesterday, the Swiss biggest financial institution, credit Suisse Bank (UK branch) pledged to continue supporting strategic investments implemented by the government of President Magufuli in Tanzania after being satisfied with the speed of loan- repayment and quality of projects implemented by the government of Tanzania. That notwithstanding, last month, the German Chancellor, Angel Merkel phoned the Tanzanian leader to assure her highest level support of his country in various sectors including Tanzania’s industrialisation drive. Today, one day after the credit Suisse Bank had pledged her support to Tanzania, the government of Japan through its developmental organisation, the  Japan Internatio...

    "I'm calling on everyone to shape a new Senegal: one with cleaner neighborhoods... a zero-waste Senegal," says Macky Sall By Sofia Christensen DAKAR,  (Reuters) - Senegalese President Macky Sall said on Tuesday he would prioritise the environment, youth employment and women's rights during his second term in office. In an inauguration speech that followed an emphatic election victory in February, he promised "vigorous" environmental action. "I'm calling on everyone to shape a new Senegal: one with cleaner neighborhoods... a zero-waste Senegal," he said. During Sall's first term, Senegal's economy grew more than six percent per year as a modernisation programme produced a new airport, slick highways and a city built from scratch in s...

By Laurence Grun , April 8, 2019 Senegal plans to build a large port at Bargny-Sendou, but fishermen, farmers, nomads and residents are pushing back. View from one of the classrooms of Miniam Primary School. It is located 388m from the coal-fired power plant that is soon in operation. According to teachers, there is still no plan to relocate the school. Credit: Pierre Vanneste. On 27 November 2017, Prime Minister Mahammed Dionne stepped in for President Macky Sall to lay the foundation stone of one of Senegal’s major infrastructure projects. In front of traditional dancers and spectators waving supportive banners and signs, he marked the start of construction of a new port in the small town of Bargny . As this was happening, a group of residents gathered a short distanc...

By Special Reporter, Washington DC Tanzanian Minister Mpango and the Credit Suisse official EFFORTS by the Tanzanian opposition MP, Tundu Lissu, to tarnish image of the Government of Tanzania under President John Magufuli in European and American countries have gone in vain after the Tanzanian government has continued to receive much needed support on its implementation journey.   Last month the German Chancellor, Angel Markel phoned the Tanzanian leader to assure the highest level cooperation of his country in various sectors including Tanzania’s industrialization drive. The World Bank, after prolonged discussions, has also agreed to issue soft loans and grants totalling USD 1.7 billion to the government of Tanzania that will include an education package.   Read more: https://africa-54.blogspot.com/2019/04/tanzania-agrees-17-bln-financing-deal.html This time again, the Swiss biggest financial institution, Credit Suisse Bank (UK Branch) has pledged to con...

The leader of Sudan's interim military council has vowed to "uproot the regime" two days after a military coup. Speaking on TV, Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan announced the restructuring of state institutions, the end of a night curfew and the release of political prisoners. Protests continue despite the ousting of long-time leader Omar al-Bashir. Demonstrators have demanded an immediate move to civilian rule and vow to stay in the streets. Gen Burhan, who replaced the coup leader after he resigned on Friday, also dissolved all provincial governments and pledged respect for human rights. The army would maintain "peace, order and security" across Sudan during an already announced transition period that would last at most two years until elections could be and civilian rule introduced, he added. Using a more conciliatory tone, Gen Burhan also called on the opposition to "help us restore normal life", promised to try those wh...

Olivia Carville, Bloomberg   Facebook suffered its third major outage this year, with users across the world unable to access the social network or its suite of services such as Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp. In late January, the Instagram app crashed, and WhatsApp users worldwide were also unable to send or receive messages. Last month, Facebook faced its most widespread and persistent system outage, with users unable to access the social network for more than 12 hours. The outages add to the woes of Facebook, already embattled...