SA faces more power cuts but Eskom denies threat of grid collapse

SA faces more power cuts but Eskom denies threat of grid collapse

South Africans faced another round of power cuts on Sunday night as the country’s chronic Eskom electricity grid failures continue, despite reassurances from officials that there will be no system collapse in the face of increasing winter demand. Stage 4 loadshedding was planned into Monday and will be “repeated daily…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

Ethiopia, Egypt spar again over GERD dam project

Ethiopia, Egypt spar again over GERD dam project

Egypt’s foreign ministry says Ethiopia is wrong in again claiming that Cairo politicizes the progress on its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a US$4.8 billion hydropower project that Egypt, as well as Sudan, claim will siphon away water resources from their nations. Hamdi Loza, the Egyptian deputy foreign minister for…

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

South Africa plans appeal after UAE denies Gupta extradition

South Africa has responded to news that an extradition request for Rajesh and Atul Gupta, long wanted in connection with its years-long “state capture” corruption investigations, was denied this week by authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a statement issued by Chrispin Phiri, spokesman for the Ministry of…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

EAC court to begin hearings on Uganda, Tanzania oil pipeline

The East African Court of Justice is set to hear arguments on whether or not it has jurisdiction in a legal battle over the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), with the governments of Uganda and Tanzania among the parties challenging whether the case, brought by activists seeking to stop…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

Water cutoffs add to Tunisia’s mounting crises

Tunisians are facing new water restrictions because of a multiyear drought, a development that threatens farms and urban dwellers alike while adding to global concern over the country’s economic and political woes. Sonede, the Tunisian water authority, will now cut off the water in Tunis between the hours of 9…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

Freddy delivers a deluge at second landfall in Mozambique

Tropical Cyclone Freddy has made its second landfall in Mozambique, hitting the Zambezi region with extreme rainfall and winds as agencies in neighboring Malawi keep a close eye on the forecast track. The storm’s winds measured at least 150 kilometers per hour as it approached the mainland. Météo France, reporting…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

Freddy, now the longest tropical storm, returns to Madagascar

At 32 days, Tropical Cyclone Freddy has now become the longest-lived tropical storm ever recorded, with impacts that still haven’t quit as it makes another pass at Madagascar and Mozambique following its long journey across the entire Indian Ocean. The storm’s winds measured 150 kilometers per hour at about 9:30…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

SA energy, economy in focus during Ramaphosa’s ANC anniversary speech

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the keynote address on Sunday as the African National Congress marked its 111th year, prioritizing the country’s energy crisis and economic challenges in his speech at Mangaung, Free State. Ramaphosa, re-elected as ANC leader in December despite being the subject of recent corruption investigations,…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

Glencore to pay $180m to DR Congo as part of corruption settlement

Global mining giant Glencore will pay US$180 million to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of an agreement to settle all corruption claims alleged between 2007 and 2018 by various authorities, including the United States Department of Justice and the Congolese National Financial Intelligence Unit and Ministry of Justice….

At COP27, Kenya’s Ruto makes Africa’s case on climate

President William Ruto of Kenya made the African case for climate action at COP27 on Monday, focusing on loss and damage funding and delays he called “cruel and unjust” as Africans already experience catastrophic impacts. “Loss and damage is not an abstract topic of endless dialogue: it is our daily…