Africa
Africa
EU-US mobilise further support for Global Methane Pledge
Ahead of the UN climate summit in Glasgow, European Union Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, who leads the EU's international negotiations on climate, and Special...
Africa
Conflict is spreading across the African continent
Many African countries are run by dictatorships, but their grasp on power is increasingly unstable. Mali has seen at least 2 changes of power...
Afghanistan
Enough of the Durban depravity
This month marks the 20th anniversary of the so-called “World Conference Against Racism”, otherwise known as Durban I. The 2001 conference was to be...
Africa
As UN issues stark climate warning, wildfires spread across Med region
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued a stark warning, noting that Climate change is widespread, rapid and intensifying. The report,...
Africa
Italy’s ENI starts production of the Cuica field offshore Angola
Italian energy major ENI said on August 13 the company started production of the Cuica Field, in Block 15/06 of the Angolan deep offshore,...
Afghanistan
France has a generals problem: Why there’s a fray in civilian-military relations
The sensitive question of civilian control of the armed forces is one which Western democracies like the United States and France must continue to...
Africa
Italy’s ENI and Kenya’s government to promote decarbonization
Italian energy major ENI and Kenya’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mining signed on July 21 a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the decarbonization process...
Analysis
If Europe is serious about fighting antisemitism, it must skip Durban 20
Countries are lining up to declare they will not attend the20th anniversary of the UN’s notorious 2001 World Conference Against Racism, held in Durban,...
Africa
African universities face greatest-ever challenge to educate future digital revolution leaders
Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest rates of access to quality education in the world. A recent UNESCO report shows that well over half of...
Africa
Morocco and EU host launch ceremony ahead of a landmark green energy partnership
With the European Union fully invested in promoting the transition towards clean energy and countering global warming, the EU and the Kingdom of Morocco...
Africa
COSUA mourns with Zambia following the death of the country’s first president
The President of the Coalition of Supporters Unions of Africa (COSUA), which is a civil society partner to the African Union, has extended the...
Africa
The Heart of Darkness
The conflict-stricken Central African Republic (CAR) has been struggling to forge a lasting peace since 2013. The deployment back in 2014 of the United...
Africa
The biggest investment for African public health is its healthcare workers
In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asked African Union states “to come together to be more aggressive in attacking” the...
Africa
Must “resource cursed” countries always suffer the double jinx of conflict traps?
A “resource cursed” country is one in which an abundance of natural resources fosters worse development outcomes than those without. Often termed “the paradox...
Africa
Terrorist threat moves to North and Central Africa
The current situation in North and Central Africa is highly explosive and poses certain risks not only to regional security but to Western Europe...
Africa
ENI and BP mull combining Angolan interests into new joint venture
Italy’s ENI and British Petroleum announced on May 19 they have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to progress detailed discussions on...
Africa
The cobalt corrective: Are we facing a supply crunch?
The recent ease in global demand for blue metal - cobalt - has dampened concerns about a pending supply crunch. Earlier reports predicted that...
Africa
Emerging market-focused Millicom finalizes Africa exit, focuses on Latin America
Luxembourg-based telecommunications company Millicom, which focuses exclusively on emerging markets, announced on April 19 that it will finalize the divestment of its African holdings...
Africa
ΕU condemns move to extend Somalia president’s term, warns of ‘further measures’
The European Union has threatened to take "further measures" against Somalia if it fails to resume talks to end the elections deadlock."We call for...
Africa
Does the UN have the right solution for the Central African Republic?
The United Nations was established after World War II as a successor of the ineffective League of Nations. It is an intergovernmental organization that...
Africa
Zimbabwe is opening up
Zimbabwe has turned a corner. And whilst across the world the past year has been focused on closing – from lockdowns to closed borders...
Africa
EBRD and Green Climate Fund extend green programme that spans 3 continents
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on March 11 the bank approved additional headroom for the next phase of its successful...
Africa
Italy’s ambassador to DR Congo killed in attack on UN convoy
The Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Luca Attanasio and two other people have been killed on Monday during in an...
Africa
Macron urges Europe to send vaccines to Africa
The European Union and the United States need to provide African countries with vaccines, to prevent exacerbation of global inequality, French President Emmanuel Macron...
Africa
Greece reopens embassy in Tripoli
Greece's Foreign Ministry on Saturday announced it is immediately reopening its embassy in Libya's capital, Tripoli and a consulate in Benghazi.The announcement came a day...
Africa
EU vows to work with international partners to be climate neutral by 2050
The Europe Union can be a powerful promotor of climate ambitions also because it can offer a model of a socially just Green Deal...
Africa
Uncertainty, outrage abound as African Union prepares for leadership election
The African Union Commission elections that are slated for February 7 in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa is facing an unprecedented level of public...
Africa
France looking to withdraw ‘some troops’ from Sahel anti-terror operations
France is eyeing at withdrawing some of its troops from the Sahel region in Africa, following successes against Islamist militants and support by European...
Africa
Potential head of presidential council looks fit to pull Libya out of quagmire
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)-brokered Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) has so far failed to bring the light at the end...
Africa
NATO voices concerns over Russian military presence in MENA region
Russia's increasing military presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is a matter of "great concern" for NATO, its Secretary-General Jens...
Canada
Erasmus and Brexit
No policy decision better encapsulates the entire Brexit process better than the UK's decision to withdraw from the Erasmus Programme. For those in Brussels,...
Africa
MEPs urge Commission to assist developing countries with Covid-19 pandemic
In a joint statement, the Chairs of the Parliament's Development committee, Tomas Tobé, and of the Delegation to the African Carribean Pacific (ACP)-EU Joint...
Africa
Somali governor killed in al-Shabab suicide blast
Abdisalan Hassan Hersi, governor of the Nugaal region in northeastern Somalia has been killed in a suicide bomb blast claimed by the al-Shabab armed...
Africa
Boko Haram attack kills dozens of Chadian soldiers
At least 92 soldiers from Chad have been killed in an attack by the Islamic militant group Boko Haram on the country's military forces...
Afghanistan
UN's Gutteres calls for 'immediate global ceasefire' to focus on COVID-19 fight
The United Nations’ chief Antonio Guterres appealed Monday for a global ceasefire to protect civilians in conflict zones during the coronavirus pandemic. He warned...
Africa
Guinea votes in contested referendum
Guinea held a contested referendum on Sunday, widely seen as president Alpha Conde’s attempt to stay in power.
Opposition activists said that security forces "carried...
Africa
Union for the Mediterranean calls for regional action to tackle water scarcity
In light of World Water day on March 22, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) has called for regional dialogue to address common challenges...
Africa
Morocco sentences activist for criticising judiciary
Omar Radi, a Moroccan journalist and rights activist was handed a four-month suspended sentence and a $50 fine for insulting a judge on Twitter.
Last...
Africa
UN calls for political mission in Darfur
A joint United Nations-African Union report released Monday on Sudan and its western region Darfur called for a political mission to replace the peace...
Africa
Sweden to send special forces units to Mali for joint anti-terror op with French troops
Sweden’s foreign ministry announced it plans to send up to 150 special forces personnel and helicopters to join a new multinational military mission in...
Africa
COVID-19: EU employee tests positive in Guinea's first case
An employee of the European Union delegation in Guinea is the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the country, according to Guinea's Ministry of...
Africa
African leaders seek to clear way for Libyan dialogue
African leaders and a senior UN envoy met on Thursday in the Congo in a bid to secure a truce to war-torn Libya.
UN chief...
Africa
Al-Shabab's Qorgab killed in air strike
An airstrike in Somalia has killed Bashir Mohamed Qorgab, a senior commander of the militant Islamist group al-Shabab, local media reported.
"Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud was...
Africa
Italy’s ENI, Sonatrach complete gas pipeline connecting Algerian fields
Italian energy major ENI said on 2 March that it has successfully completed the construction of the gas pipeline connecting Bir Rebaa Nord (BRN)...
Africa
DR Congo's last Ebola patient discharged
The World Health Organization announced that last patient treated for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been discharged on Tuesday.
The good...
Africa
South Sudan struggles to merge armed forces under peace deal
South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar agreed to form a unity government last Saturday, paving the way towards ending more...
Africa
Italy’s ENI increases oil estimate after Angolan appraisal well results
Italian energy major ENI said on 27 February the company has successfully drilled Agogo-3, the second appraisal well of Agogo discovery in Block 15/06,...
Africa
A new chapter in EU-Africa partnership
Europe is seeking to open a new chapter in EU - Africa partnership, by fostering relations with its "sister continent" as Ursula von der...
Africa
Togo president wins fourth term as opposition urges resistance
Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe on Monday hailed a widely expected election victory that gave him a fourth term in office.
The election commission said that...
Africa
At least 29 injured in bombing at rally for Ethiopian PM
Nearly 30 people were injured in a “bomb attack” at a rally in support of the party of Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed, police...
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