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High oil prices are now feeding through to fuel and business costs in East Africa.
South Africa's Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on 7 October issued a determination that prioritises 4,600 megawatts (MW) of battery storage and 5,000 MW of gas-fired power for new public bidding rounds.
Witnesses told Reuters that dozens of Eritrean soldiers drove through Adigrat, a town in Ethiopia's Tigray region about 25 kilometres from the border, on 7 October.
Zambia's state mining investor ZCCM-IH, which holds 20.6% of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), has approved a $498 million plant to recover copper from tailings at Nchanga in Chingola, it said on 7 October.
Togo's power utility CEET warned of targeted power cuts from 7 to 22 October while maintenance on the West African Gas Pipeline halts gas deliveries to its thermal plants.
