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Energy poverty is one of the single largest challenges preventing faster economic development throughout sub-Saharan Africa. In rural areas it is particularly crucial that women have adequate access to energy, given their crucial role leading families and the stewardship of the household´s economy. The Government of Senegal has made energy sector development a key component of the Plan Sénégal Emergent (https://bit.ly/3ukEBoW), which aims to modernize the country´s economy and achieve a wide number of ambitious socio-economic development objectives, as well as ensuring greater gender equality. Priorities include lowering the cost of energy by reducing dependence on imported liquid fuels and…

Haiti prime minister says elections, referendum to be held next year. Haiti’s prime minister said Tuesday that he plans to hold a referendum to modify the country’s constitution by February, and he hopes to organize presidential and legislative elections early next year. In an interview with The Associated Press, Ariel Henry dismissed opponents who accuse him of wanting to stay in power and said that mistrust is one of the biggest challenges he faces. Henry said the referendum is a priority because the current constitution is rejected by a majority of political figures and civil society leaders. He also said…

R&B superstar R. Kelly has been convicted on all counts on Monday after a jury found him guilty of being the ringleader of a decades-long racketeering and sex trafficking scheme preying on underage girls, young men, and women. The disgraced singer, who exploited his superstar status to sexually abuse black women, men, and children, is said to face the rest of his life in jail for crimes including violating the Mann Act, an anti-sex trafficking law that prohibits taking anyone across state lines “for any immoral purpose”. After two days of deliberation, the federal court in New York City found…

‘Heartbroken and horrified’ is the closest expression from the incidence where WHO staff offered women jobs in exchange for sex. Meanwhile, Health chief vows to take action over sexual abuse that took place during long-running Ebola outbreak in Congo with more than 80 cases of sexual abuse – including nine accounts of rape – which have been identified in a damning report into sexual exploitation perpetrated by World Health Organization staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The report, published on Tuesday, was prompted by an investigation last year by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New Humanitarian in which…

When Will The ‘Fuel Shortage’ End? This is the wildest thoughts right now on the minds of many UK residents. The largest petrol operators say they expect demand to get back to normal “in the coming days”. Petrol stations are struggling, queues are stretching down the roads and fuel rations are even being introduced – are we at the beginning of a long petrol crisis? What’s going on? Petrol Retailers Association, which represents the 65% of all UK forecourts, claims between 50 and 90% of pumps are now dry among all its independent fuel retailers. There has been a £30…

Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced Monday that the company is “pausing the work” on Instagram Kids, an ad-free version of the photo sharing app intended for children under the age of 13 that has prompted a barrage of criticism since plans to build such a product were first reported back in March. “We’ll use this time to work with parents, experts and policymakers to demonstrate the value and need for this product” and “continue to build opt-in parental supervision tools for teens,” Mosseri wrote in an Instagram blog post, in which he seemed to at once acknowledge the need to…

On Saturday Oleksandr Usyk won hearts and minds making history under London skies. The new unified heavyweight champion educated the London crowd on the beautiful side of a brutal sport The new £1 billion Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in North London is hard to miss. Sticking its head out above the high-rise flats, tired pubs, hipster coffee shops and abundance of fast-food restaurants, you’d be forgiven for assuming – after a glass or two, granted – that a spaceship had landed in the middle of town. abundance of fast-food restaurants, you’d be forgiven for assuming – after a glass or two,…

Anthony Joshua believes the lockdown was good for him. It took him away from the treadmill of preparing for defense after defense and allowing him to just work on getting better. Joshua defends his WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles against Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night after the quietest time in his career. Having lost the chance to make a defense last summer due to the pandemic, then seen the long overdue fight with Tyson Fury slip away this year, he has only boxed once in the past 21 months. Joshua had not walked into a boxing gym before 2008,…

Kelly Price’s attorney claims star is ‘safe and recovering from Covid’ after being reported missing for over a month. Concern was sparked among fans last night when the legendary singer was reported missing in Cobb County, Georgia, with Cobb County Police confirming the news. The 48-year-old was reported missing after she was released from hospital where she was being treated for Covid-19, having tested positive nearly two months prior. However, hours after the news broke on Friday, Price’s attorney Monica Ewing has said that the singer is not missing – despite her being listed as such with the National Crime…

Micheál Martin’s speech was supported by France, the US, the UK and others, but it was not met warmly by Russia, China or India. The Taoiseach has opened a UN debate on climate change and global security as the UN President warned that the climate crisis is a “code red”. Micheál Martin is today the first Taoiseach to chair a meeting of the UN Security Council as Ireland holds the Presidency of the council this month. In his speech, Mr Martin said that the Security Council must agree that extreme weather events are a cause and exacerbating factor of global…