West Africa: Sahel - Gold, Resources and Threats
[Centre 4s] Introduction by Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, president centre4s.org (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 18, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Asia, Australia, and Africa Burkina Faso Economy, Business and Finance Central Africa Chad Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine Malaria Mauritania Mining Niger Sudan West Africa Source Type: news
Ticker: Wall Street ’s dismal August drags on with 3rd straight losing week
NEW YORK — Wall Street limped to the finish line of its third losing week in a row. The S&P 500 barely budged Friday, ending the day down by less than 0.1%. It lost more than 2% for the week, like other U.S. indexes. The Dow edged up 25 points, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.2%. August has…#dow #mauritanians #cincinnati #westafrican #mauritania #nicaragua #brazil #tiktok #mexico (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Thousands more Mauritanians are making their way to the US, thanks to a route spread on social media
Aissata Sall was scrolling through WhatsApp in May when she first learned about the new route to the United States. For Ibrahima Sow, the discovery came on TikTok a few weeks later. By the time their paths crossed at the tidy one-story brick house in Cincinnati, they had encountered hundreds of…#aissatasall #whatsapp #ibrahimasow #tiktok #cincinnati #mauritanians #westafrican #oumarball #mauritania #nicaragua (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
French lawyer for Senegal opposition leader imprisoned in Dakar
Juan Branco, a French lawyer for Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, is in custody in Dakar on terrorism, conspiracy and public order charges, among others, his lawyer told Reuters on Sunday. He was arrested in Mauritania and extradited to Senegal on Saturday, his lawyer said. Branco…#juanbranco #senegalese #ousmanesonko #mauritania #senegal #sonko #branco #lemonde #antoinefelix #robinbinsard (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Crucial West African LNG Project Struggles To Achieve First Gas
Increasing global demand for exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has driven billions of dollars in investments in new export infrastructure in countries that are home to large reserves of natural gas. Once such project that promises to become an economic and societal game-changer for two…#lng #westafrican #senegal #mauritania #exxonmobil #stabroek #guyana #southamerican #gta #bp (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Of the Sahel and the Merchants of Death
Fake or substandard antimalarial medicines kill as many as 267,000 sub-Saharan Africans every year. Credit: Mercedes Sayagues/IPS By Baher KamalMADRID, Jun 2 2023 (IPS) There is a tangled trafficking web that has been woven across the Sahel, which spans almost 6.000 kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, and is home to more than 300 million people in 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal.
This is how several international specialised bodies, mainly the United Nations, depict the aggravated situation in this already highly fragile African re...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Africa Development & Aid Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news
Oscar Winner Kevin Macdonald To Join Sheffield DocFest ’s 30th Edition As Filmmaking Mentor, As U.K. Event Reveals Full Industry Program
Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald is among the marquee names set to participate in Sheffield DocFest’s Industry Program, according to an announcement today from the U.K.’s leading documentary festival. Macdonald, director of the scripted/narrative features The Last King of Scotland and The…#kevinmacdonald #scotland #mauritanian #filmmakerchallenge #sheffield #sheffielddocfest #industrysessions #beccyashdown #talkssessions #industryprogram (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Journalists retrace fateful journey of a group of African migrants lost at sea
A new AP investigation highlights the desperate and sometimes deadly journey many African migrants are taking across the Atlantic in search of a better life in Europe. The reporting centers on a boat that drifted thousands of miles off-course from the coast of Mauritania to the Caribbean island of…#african #atlantic #mauritania #caribbean #tobago #felipedana #johnyang (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Takeaways from AP report on impact of Senegal's gas project
SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AP) — For years, residents of the small fishing town of Saint-Louis in Senegal have been struggling. Climate change, foreign industrial trawlers and the COVID-19 pandemic have made it hard to earn a living on the water. When officials announced a new gas project off the coast…#senegal #saintlouis #bp #kosmosenergy #mauritania #senegalese #thomasgolembeski #papasambaba #fivestocks (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Neglected Tropical Disease Mycetoma Research Gains Momentum
[IPS] Nairobi -- The disease burden and distribution of mycetoma--a neglected tropical disease--are not very well understood. However, it is known to affect people in Sudan, Senegal, Mauritania, Kenya, and Niger, as well as people in Nigeria, Ethiopia, India, and Cameroon. Cases have also been reported in Djibouti, Somalia, and Yemen. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 8, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Neglected Tropical Disease Mycetoma Research Gains Momentum
Patients outside the Mycetoma Research Center in Sudan. Credit: DNDi By Geoffrey KamadiNAIROBI, Apr 7 2023 (IPS) The disease burden and distribution of mycetoma—a neglected tropical disease—are not very well understood. However, it is known to affect people in Sudan, Senegal, Mauritania, Kenya, and Niger, as well as people in Nigeria, Ethiopia, India, and Cameroon. Cases have also been reported in Djibouti, Somalia, and Yemen.
“It is currently unknown what the incidence, prevalence and the number of reported cases per year per country is,” observes Dr Borna Nyaoke, head of the Mycetoma Program at the Drugs for Negl...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Geoffrey Kamadi Tags: Africa Featured Headlines Health Inequity TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Kenya Sudan Source Type: news
Hidden hydrogen: Earth may hold vast stores of a renewable, carbon-free fuel
IN THE SHADE
of a mango tree, Mamadou Ngulo Konaré recounted the legendary event of his childhood. In 1987, well diggers had come to his village of Bourakébougou, Mali, to drill for water, but had given up on one dry borehole at a depth of 108 meters. “Meanwhile, wind was coming out of the hole,” Konaré told Denis Brière, a petrophysicist and vice president at Chapman Petroleum Engineering, in 2012. When one driller peered into the hole while smoking a cigarette, the wind exploded in his face.
“He didn’t die, but he was burned,” Konaré continued. “And now we had a huge fire. The color of the ...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 16, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Physical Wallets Are Shrinking in Relevance in UK, Claims Survey Commissioned by Mastercard
A convenient finding given Mastercard is in the process of piloting a biometric-authenticated payments system in the UK, after first testing the system in Brazil, the Middle East and Asia. The roll out of biometric-enabled digital identity and payments systems threatens to radically reconfigure…#mauritania #amazon #usagencyfor #worldbank #ukfinance #norweigan #globalnetworks #kellydevine #kenya #ireland (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Wirecard boss's lawyer calls allegations'absurd' in fraud trial
MUNICH, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The former Wirecard CEO Markus Braun began his defence in Germany's biggest post-war fraud trial on Monday, as his lawyer dismissed allegations of wrongdoing at the defunct payments company as "absurd" and prejudiced. Braun, 53, and two other managers are on trial on…#marsalek #bellenhaus #stephanvonerffa #mauritanian #alfreddierlamms #aschheim #munich #braun #janmarsalek #mali (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mauritanian indicted in 3 deadly 2015 terror attacks in Mali
Fawaz Ould Ahmed Ould Ahemeid faces multiple terrorism charges in a six-count indictment, including for his alleged role in the attacks on a restaurant and two hotels that killed a total of 38 people. NEW YORK — A Mauritanian national…#datar #islamic #mauritanian #malifawazouldahmedouldahemeid #ahemeid #usmagistrate #hotelbyblos #jihadist #westerners #bamako (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 10, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
