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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said his government is determined “to reduce the frequency and severity of load shedding by addressing power station breakdowns” nationwide.

The World Bank’s outlook on the Nigerian economy states that it is uncertain and its ability to attract domestic and foreign investments is also crashing and the issuance of fresh licenses and permits to 37 companies to produce a total of 762.3mw of electricity in order to boost power supply across the country are some of the trending stories in Nigerian newspapers on Monday.

President Filipe Nyusi was on Sunday evening re-elected head of Mozambique’s governing Frelimo party for another five-year term.

South African cabinet minister and former African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Sunday openly challenged ruling African National Congress president Cyril Ramaphosa to the party’s leadership.

Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia defied the odds with a shocking victory at the 2022 Berlin Women Marathon, clocking 2:15:37 to obliterate the course record by almost three minutes. The run is the third-fastest women’s marathon ever, and, most astonishingly, a personal best of nearly 20 minutes.

The value of Rwanda’s exports reached $708.3 million U.S. dollars between January and June, according to the monthly Merchandise Trade Balance report obtained Sunday Official figures indcate that during the first half of 2021, exports grew by 46.4 percent.

Seven Ethiopian Artists have been nominated for the 2022 All Africa Music Awards (Afrima), APA can report on Saturday.

Ethiopian Airlines has been named the winner of four awards at the SKYTRAX 2022 World Airline Awards.

Guinea-Bissau has established diplomatic relations with the Southern Asian country of Maldives on Saturday, APA can report.

The Resident Representative of the President of ECOWAS Commission in Liberia, Josephine Nkrumah, commended Liberians for maintaining the peace 19 years since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.