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Zimbabwe: Water Relief As Major Dams Reach Near Full Capacity

2026-01-22 14:26:55
[263Chat] The country's major dams are averaging 89.1 percent full as at 21 January 2026, a significant improvement from 70.9 percent recorded during the same period last year reflecting strong inflows from the current rainy season, authorities have confirmed. Source
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Zimbabwe: Activist Accuses Harare City of Deliberate Financial Blackout

2026-01-22 14:26:39
[263Chat] A local human rights activist has called for the immediate suspension of Harare City Council alleging that more than US$200m in public funds may have been lost through what he describes as a deliberate "accounting blackout" and the manipulation of the city's financial systems. Source
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Liberia: Liberia Retains Crown As World's Largest Shipping Registry

2026-01-22 12:56:43
[Liberian Observer] Liberia has once again consolidated its position as the world's largest shipping registry, marking the third consecutive year the country has held the global maritime mantle and widening its lead over its closest competitor by nearly 45 million gross tons. Source
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Mauritius: Green Rhetoric, Brown Governance

2026-01-22 12:47:46
[L'Express] Inside Mauritius' environmental leadership. How Mauritius learned to stop acting and love the status quo. At times even regressing. A carbon-free future fuelled by coal and plastic... Source
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Liberia: Frequent Power Outages Rekindle Fears of Load Shedding

2026-01-22 12:36:22
[Liberian Observer] Frequent power outages across Monrovia and its surrounding communities in recent days have reignited public anxiety over a return to the debilitating electricity load shedding that marked Liberia's recent past, particularly during the final years of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) administration. For many residents and business owners, the flickering lights and sudden blackouts have reopened old wounds--memories of prolonged darkness, soaring generator costs, and economic losses that once Source
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Liberia: MCC Clarifies Liberia's Second Compact Process

2026-01-22 12:36:06
[Liberian Observer] Liberia's renewed engagement with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has sparked public excitement and, in some quarters, premature expectations of an imminent financial windfall. But during an official visit to Monrovia this week, a senior MCC official moved to reset the narrative, emphasizing that while Liberia is on a promising path toward a second compact, the process is deliberate, country-driven, and far from automatic. Source