Newscast - Africa

Supply shortages, logistics bottlenecks, and rising costs are hitting Tesla as it rapidly ramps up the production of its electric cars.
Tesla in a financial update for investors says while the problems have improved in recent months, they remain immediate challenges, Revenue was lower than expected in the three months ending in September, as car sales fell short of expectations.
But at $21.45bn (£19.12bn), it remained more than 50% higher than a year ago.

The United Kingdom Prime Minister, Liz Truss reportedly stepped down from her role. Her resignation was coming barely two months after coming into office.
Truss, who spend 45 days in office, said she would step down after a week-long emergency contest to find her successor She announced her decision to step down on Thursday outside Downing Street.
The embattled British PM had earlier acknowledged a difficult day after a key minister resigned and MPs rebelled.
More than a dozen Conservative MPs have publicly urged Truss to resign just six weeks into office after her tax-cutting plans caused a market meltdown during an already severe cost-of-living crisis.

The Ethiopian prime minister's national security adviser, Redwan Hussien The African Union has announced a new date for peace talks between Ethiopia’s warring factions that will be held in South Africa.
Mr. Hussien says the talks with the Tigray People's Liberation Front will now be held on 24 October and confirmed the government's participation.
The TPLF has not commented on the new date but had previously welcomed peace talks with the government.
Fighting continues in the two-year-long civil war with government soldiers this week seizing three towns in the northern Tigray region from the rebels

Madagascar's president has sacked the country's foreign minister because he voted in favor of a UN resolution condemning Russian referendums to annex parts of Ukraine's territory
State TV channel TVM reports that Richard Randriamandrato pressed ahead with the vote without talking to the rest of the government.
There were 142 other countries that also voted in favour of the resolution to condemn Russia over the referendums which were viewed as a sham by much of the international community.
Until now Madagascar has taken a neutral position on the Ukraine war, as have several other African countries.

The head of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has condemned violent clashes which have erupted in Chad between police and protesters in the capital city, as we reported earlier.
The AU's chair of the commission, Mr. Mahamat called on the parties to respect human lives and property and to favor peaceful ways to overcome the crisis. People are demonstrating against Chad's transitional military government and calling for a return to civilian rule.

The Federal Government has asked telecommunication companies to reverse their recent 10 percent hike in calls and data prices.
This decision means that telcos like MTN Nigeria and Airtel, who had initially increased the prices of their data bundles by about 10 percent, will now need to revert to their old prices.
The Nigerian Communications Commission stated that its decision to allow telcos such as MTN Nigeria and Airtel to review the prices of some of their tariffs was taken after it critically and realistically reviewed and analyzed the operational environment and the current business climate in the nation.
The NCC says that even though the tariff adjustment was provisionally approved by its Management, its Board has now overturned it.

The Federal Government, through the Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, says that the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon was not responsible for the flooding that has devastated parts of Nigeria.
The minister attributed the flood to water flowing from tributaries of the River Benue like the River Katsina-Ala and others into the River Benue due to downpours.
Senator Adamu Aliero raised the issue of floods in the country during the ministry’s budget defense and what efforts the ministry was making about it set the stage for the disagreement mistake

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has described the global energy transition as an opportunity for the preservation of the earth and a vehicle for unlocking the development potential and livelihoods of millions of people, especially those in developing countries.
He, however, noted that the transition has to be fair and sensitive to the peculiarities and priorities of Africa
He noted that to ensure a global energy transition that is favorable to us, African nations need to engage more critically and vocally on this matter.

The United States has pledged $1 million in immediate humanitarian assistance to support the people affected by unprecedented flooding in Nigeria.
The support which will come through the U.S. Agency for International Development, provides emergency shelter assistance, relief commodities, and hygiene kits to promote safe and healthy practices amid the ongoing cholera outbreak, and multipurpose cash assistance for people impacted by the devastating floods.
The U.S ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, stated the country regrets the effects of the unusual rainfall and will not renege on its obligation of providing humanitarian assistance across flood-ravaged areas.

Australia says it will no longer recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing a decision taken by the government of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison in 2018.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the Government has reaffirmed Australia’s previous and longstanding position that Jerusalem is a final status issue that should be resolved as part of any peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian people.
Wong reiterated that Australia’s embassy would remain in Tel Aviv and that Canberra was committed to a two-state solution in which Israel and a future Palestinian state coexist, in peace and security, within internationally recognised borders.