Foreign fighters from Europe hired to protect DRC’s resource-rich east from M23 rebels

Retired military officers from Europe are protecting the highly-prized resource-rich North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from falling to Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, according to a recent report by the Deutsche Welle (DW). Some of them pointed out, in an interview, that while the job is well paid, they must often deal […]

Intra-African solidarity, Morocco matches words with action

Since King Mohammed VI ascended the Throne, Morocco has been showing Africa the way for south-south cooperation and win-win intra-African partnerships by taking initiatives on the ground matching its Africa policy discourse. The recent such initiative was the helping hand extended by Moroccan state-owned phosphates and fertilizers company OCP which offered African countries 550,000 tons […]

UN raises $630mil, short of target $1bn, to tackle Ethiopia’s dire humanitarian crisis

A United Nations-led donor event held in its headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday (16 April) managed to secure financial pledges only for about two-thirds of the $1 billion it was seeking to raise to assist millions of Ethiopians affected by conflict, drought and floods. The donor conference raised about $630 million, thus falling short of […]