AFRICA LEADS ON ENERGY REFORM SPARKING GREEN POWER SURGE AHEAD OF COP27

CICAD VENUE IN MSGBC OIL 2022 IN DAKAR

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster, Rahma Sophia RACHDI | Paris, Washington DC, Zanzibar, 07/27/2022, 17:47 Time

USPA NEWS - Amidst a globally competitive green recovery from the pandemic’s aftermath, Africa is rapidly establishing itself at the forefront of energy adaptation and intersectional decarbonization works worldwide. This September, the African continent’s key power stakeholders will convene at the world-renowned CICAD venue in Dakar for the MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power Conference 2022. Yet despite titular appearances, programming for pivotal event remains strongly rooted in Africa’s energy transition, complemented by elements of local content, economic diversification and universal access to power.
A mere three months later, the continent’s heads of state will converge in Egypt for COP27, knowing their respective nations will be in the spotlight and that commitments from last year’s COP26 still only limit warming to 2.4 degrees, providing a 5% loss per annum to these African nations’ GDPs. Thus, as we approach the business end of this pivotal year, here is what you need to know about Africa’s keystone position and leadership in the global energy transition and the transformational effect this shift is having on the continent." Source: Energy Capital & Power

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SECAM HELD IN ACCRA ANNOUNCES NEXT ELECTION OF NEW HEAD OVER A RADIO RELEASE

INTERVIEW OF BISHOP EMMNUEL BADEJO

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster, Rahma Sophia RACHDI | Paris, Washington DC, Zanzibar, 07/27/2022, 17:32 Time

USPA NEWS - Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) released a Radio News Release (Soundbite) announcing the  New Head of the Catholic Church in Africa to be Elected on Saturday. We publish the full text as it was delivered by the Symposium held in Accra (Ghana) and the link of the soundbite for listening the Interview of Bishop Emmanuel Badejo (Nigeria). The Symposium of Episcopal of Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (www.SECAM.org), the association of Catholic Bishops of Africa, Madagascar and the Islands, is hosting its 19th Plenary Assembly from 25th July 2022 to 1st August 2022 in Accra, Ghana. The Plenary Assembly of the Symposium is held every three years.

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BENIN & TOGO ADOPTED EXCEPTIONAL MEASURES AGAINST ATTACKS BY ARMED GROUPS 

PRES. MACRON VISITING BENIN 27-28 JULY22

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster, Rahma Sophia RACHDI | Paris, Washington DC, Zanzibar, 07/27/2022, 15:55 Time

USPA NEWS - Authorities in Benin and Togo must ensure that the fight against armed groups respects human rights, Amnesty International said today, amid reports of arbitrary arrests and detentions and violations of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression, and as French President Emmanuel Macron visits Benin on 27 and 28 July 2022.  People have been arbitrarily arrested and detained in both countries, including on the basis of community affiliation. In Togo, at least two opposition party assemblies were banned on the pretext of national security, and the editor of a newspaper was summoned by an administrative authority for reporting on suspicions of a “blunder” by the army in the death of seven children – claims which later turned out to be true, according to testimonies gathered by Amnesty International.

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JULIEN BAYOU ECOLOGIST MP ADVOCATES FOR EQUAL RIGHTS RATHER EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

ANSWERS QUESTIONS TO USPA

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia RACHDI & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, 07/24/2022, 23:55 Time

USPA NEWS - Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, backed by a new Government, pronounced this Wednesday, July 6, 2022 her declaration of general policy, (DPG) which consists of speaking before the PM, at the National Assembly under the terms of the article 49 Paragraph 1 of the French constitution. This is how the PM was able to deliver a speech to the deputies in which, he outlines the main orientations of his government program, the main reforms and measures that she wants to put in place. She declined the request for the vote of confidence of the parliamentarians, because the majority of the President of the Republic is not absolute (163 deputies, of "Renaissance" party out of 577 Deputies in Total) as it was during his previous five-year term. It is a clever choice not to ask for a vote of confidence, which risked not being adopted in favor of PM Borne. She pronounced ten times (10), this expression Equal Opportunities "and encouraged us to question many politicians, whether ministers or deputies, senators, in order to clarify this element of language, based on one of the pillars of modern democracy, advocated in the name of social justice.Here is Interview of Julien Bayou, MP Ecologist NUPES.

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