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Vandalism: Nigerian Railway Corporation Loses 150,000 Rail Clips


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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it has lost over one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) rail clips to incessant vandalism of the country's railway tracks. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet…

Ghana: African Soldiers train in US counterterrorism exercises


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A group of African soldiers have been selected to participating in an annual U.S. military-led counterterrorism exercise. The Flintlock 2023 drills, a two-week training, are being staged in Ghana and Ivory Coast. The troops were in…

African laboratories train rats to detect tuberculosis


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In laboratories in Tanzania and Nairobi, rats have been trained to sniff out tuberculosis. Already known for finding land mines, the rodents could now transform the way the disease is detected. The African giant pouched rats work with…

Russia-Ukraine: Ghanaian students escape death after train attack


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A train carrying some Ghanaian students in Ukraine was allegedly attacked by some Russians in Ukraine, but they escaped unhurt. Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa disclosed. Mr Ablakwa who is…

Abuja-Kaduna Train service to resume operations on Saturday


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Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has announced that the Abuja/Kaduna railway service would resume operations on  Saturday, October 23, 2021. The Minister stated this while inspecting the Abuja/Kaduna railway after…

Train derails in southern Zambia


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A train carrying 24 wagons of coal derailed in southern Zambia's Mazabuka town due to a blocked drainage, the state-run railway firm said. Zambia Railways Limited acting spokesperson Sombe Ng'onga said the incident happened in the early…