Former French PM urges France, Spain to be clearer about their support for Morocco on Sahara issue

France and Spain should be loyal partners and be clearer about their support for Morocco on the Sahara issue, as the kingdom’s role is essential for the stabilization of the Mediterranean area and sub-Saharan Africa, said former French Prime minister Manuel Valls.   “It is over an autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty that this issue should […]

Uganda deploys special forces in South Sudan amid escalating tensions and civil war fears

Uganda has deployed special forces to South Sudan’s capital as tensions between president Salva Kiir and first vice-president Riek Machar threaten to unravel the fragile power-sharing peace deal signed in 2018. The Ugandan military chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, confirmed the deployment to the country’s capital, Juba, on Monday (10 March), emphasizing that the troops were sent […]

EU’s CBAM policy projected to hit some African countries very hard — experts

The European Union’s landmark Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism (CBAM) will push producers to decarbonize, yet make it harder to do so, because it is a poorly designed policy that can end up doing more harm than good, according to a latest study published by ‘African Arguments’ that also suggests that the CBAM policy could cut […]