Africa Business

[allAfrica] Nairobi -- The agricultural sector is a signiï¬cant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, responsible for an estimated 19-29 percent, according to the World Bank. This ï¬gure climbs to 40 percent emissions produced throughout the entire agricultural value chain - encompassing transportation, storage, and processing - are considered.

[Premium Times] Fuel queues returned to Nigerian cities last week Monday as motorists scrambled to get petroleum products hours after President Bola Tinubu announced that the government would put an end to the fuel subsidy regime.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola's Current Account balance surplused by 1.8 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter of this year, despite the downward trend and compared to the same period last year.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has urged MPs to support the Finance Bill 2023.

[FAO] Sustainable solutions and alternatives to halt the proliferation of plastic

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has opened up a new controversy after stating that lawmakers opposing the Finance Bill, 2023, should forget about development projects in their constituencies.

[New Dawn] ..calls for complete shutdown of operations

[New Dawn] The Chairman of the Governance Commission, Atty. Garrison Yealue, has called on local government leaders and civil society to push harder with joint efforts to honestly implement local government-related laws, especially the recently passed law for sustaining fiscal decentralization and revenue sharing mechanisms.

[New Dawn] -For allege violation of MDA

[New Dawn] The Government of Liberia is yet to come clear on a 53.3 carats diamond reportedly valued at US$5 million that led a group of aggrieved citizens from Gbarpolu County protesting before President George Weah's Jamaica Resort in Paynesville last Thursday, June 1, 2023.

[Vanguard] No fewer than 18 persons have perished, as they were burnt beyond recognition in an auto crash in Zakirai town, Gabasawa Local Government Area on Kano-Ringim Road in Kano State.

[Vanguard] A former governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole said President Bola Tinubu has an immediate solution to cushion the consequential effect of the subsidy removal.

[Premium Times] "The TUC that attended today's meeting presented a list of demands and those demands we have studied and we are going to present to Mr President, for his consideration."

[Leadership] Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its planned strike in protest against the fuel subsidy removal, saying the issue should not be made political.

[Leadership] The federal government has said talks with organised Labour regarding the fuel subsidy removal will be concluded tomorrow.

[Leadership] With the removal of subsidy on petrol in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) is set to discontinue crude oil swap in favour of cash payments for petrol imports.

[Daily News] WITH only 11 per cent of residents of Dar es Salaam being covered with the improved Community Health Fund (iCHF) Scheme Regional Coordinator, Mr Yasini Kisawike, said they have decided to embark on awareness programme to increase the number.

[Premium Times] That Mr Emefiele remains head of the Central Bank simply underscores the difficulty that we have had as a country with holding public officers accountable for their work.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Members of Parliament might be put to a test after President William Ruto agreed with the open vote on the Finance Bill 2023 proposed by the Azimio La Umoja Coalition.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has advised Azimio Members of Parliament not to expend their tactics in futile attempts to defeat the Finance Bill 2023 in the National Assembly.

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[Daily Maverick] Unperturbed by the concerns of the national harbour authority planners, former Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula signed a special directive ordering Transnet chief executive Pepi Silinga to make way for the Turks and their 49% local power partners for the next two decades.

[New Times] Rwanda plans to have over 400 more services digitised on Irembo - an online portal that serves as a gateway to different government services - by June 2024, with a view to ensuring efficiency in responding to citizens' needs, according to the Ministry of ICT and Innovation.

[Scrolla] The notoriously small R61 road connecting Flagstaff and Lusikisiki claimed the lives of 11 people when a long distance bus collided with a minibus taxi on Sunday.

[Daily Trust] The International Air Transport Association (IATA) yesterday warned that rapidly rising levels of blocked funds constitute a threat to airline connectivity in the affected markets.

[Leadership] Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to investigate allegations that $2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public funds budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are missing.

[Premium Times] NCAA said the certification process for Nigeria Air cannot progress to the second phase due to unavailability of a "formal application form" and other "necessary documents"

[Premium Times] Just like in towns and cities, findings revealed that intra-campus fares have also increased, in many cases by up to 100 per cent, leaving students groaning.

[Premium Times] "Please note that withdrawal of Services nationwide commences from 0.00 hours of Wednesday, June 7, 2023," the statement said.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- In a report, independent laboratory testing commissioned by WaterCAN, an initiative by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse, has found that water from three out of four taps examined in Hammanskraal produced water deemed unsafe to drink due to high levels of bacteria.