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Uganda plans to import sixty Mega Watts of power from neighboring Kenya to avert the current energy crisis.
The crisis follows an emergency shut down of the Isimba hydropower dam due to technical failures.
Hillary Ayesiga reports...
UK inflation hit 10.1% in the 12 months to July - the first time it has reached double figures since 1982. Soaring energy bills and elevated food prices are said to be behind the surge with charities and campaign groups pushing for the government to do more to help the hardest hit. Laura Makin-Isherwood reports from London.
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GDP growth across the 19 countries which use the euro currency stood at 0.6% for the second quarter.
That's slightly below the 0.7% growth previously predicted by the EU's statistics agency.
Rosie Birchard brings us the latest from Brussels.
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The South African government has introduced a 21-day ban on the movement of cattle within the country. The ban is in response to what is being labeled as South Africa’s worst ever outbreak of foot and mouth disease. Mark Roughton reports.
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The National Union of Electricity Employees in Nigeria has threatened to go on Strike by the end of Wednesday over pending labour issues that include pay and welfare of workers
The union had on May 18th issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, which is responsible for transmitting generated power across the country, threatening to stop work at the expiration of the ultimatum if its grievances were not addressed.
Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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India's capital is once against becoming the epicenter of COVID-19 infections as one in five are now testing positive for coronavirus.
Experts say hospitalizations too are on the rise.
And it's fuelling concerns that India may be on the cusp of the fourth wave of infections, as Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.
IN: Authorities are asking...Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his predecessor owes the Australian public an apology over his secret grab for extra ministerial power.
Former PM Scott Morrison has refused calls to resign for appointing himself to five extra ministerial portfolios while in office over a 14-month period, at the height of the pandemic.
Shaun Bindley reports.
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CLIP: http://fsnradionews.com/feeds/0817JPNProtestsTS.mp3China’s Premier Li Keqiang is calling on the country’s economic powerhouse regions to boost growth to beat a COVID-19 slump. Retail spending and industrial output are both falling behind targets amid ongoing pandemic restrictions.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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U.S. President Biden is signing the 'Inflation Reduction Act' into law on Tuesday.
Despite its title, the $750 billion bill is focused on healthcare, tax and climate change.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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