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Kenyan telecoms giant Safaricom eyes electricity sales

Kenyan Telecommunications giant Safaricom is eyeing the electricity market following the enactment of a law that opened up power retail market to individuals and private companies. Earlier this month, Kenya has overhauled the regulatory framework of the energy and petroleum sectors with the enactment of two laws that put emphasis on increasing electricity connectivity. With […]

Gabon: Will Ali Bongo seek a third term in office?

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has vowed to continue leading the central African country with a view to “finishing the job”, few months ahead of the presidential elections scheduled for August. The 64-year old man has not officially indicated plans to run for a third term but many believe he will do so. “I felt a […]

The SUN Uncovers Involvement of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in Support of Polisario

British paper, the SUN, wrote that Iran used its notorious military unit, the revolutionary guard Al Quds Brigade (IRGC) to train the Polisairo separatist group in their rear-base in Algeria. “Ayatollah Khamenei’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps is now believed to be training and arming the Polisario Front, an anti-Western rebel movement in Morocco,” the paper […]