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Sudan crisis: Some 500 children starved to death amid escalating violence, charity warns

At least 498 children and “likely hundreds more” have been starved to death in four months of war between rival generals in Sudan, the NGO Save the Children reported. The conflict between the army under General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commanded by Mohamed Hamdan Daglo have seen around 5,000 […]

Algerian regime kidnaps political opponent Fethi Ghares

After silencing dissent, sending scores of political opponents to jail or forcing them into exile, the Algerian regime has stepped up its crackdown with the kidnapping of opposition figure and leader of Algeria’s communist party MDS Fethi Ghares. Ghares’ wife, Messaouda Chaballah, said that agents in plainclothes took him from his home, and that his […]

Rural electrification: Uganda seeks distribution transformers

The Rural Electrification Agency of Uganda has received funds for the acquisition of supply and delivery of self-protected distribution transformers. Self-protecting distribution transformers incorporate a circuit-breaking safety system that shuts down the transformer in the event of an internal fault.   The Rural Electrification Agency in a notice release earlier this week invites sealed bids […]