James-Mattis

AfDB’s first symposium on Climate Change calls for increased focus on resilience building

The African Development Bank hosted earlier this week a symposium to mark the bank’s Climate Change and Green Growth Day. The symposium, the first of its kind, was held under the theme: “Moving from emergency relief to building resilience.” It came in the wake of two devastating tropical cyclones, Idai and Kenneth, which ripped through […]

Egypt, Japan sign $301m agreement to finance Cairo Metro’s 4th line

Japan will release to Egypt $301 million to finance the implementation of phase one of Cairo Metro’s fourth line. The related agreement was signed between Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation, Rania El-Mashat and the Minister of Transport, Kamel El-Wazir, and Japan’s Embassy in Egypt and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Mubasher reports. The funds […]

Congo’s president and Blinken discuss escalating tensions with Rwanda

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken who arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday (9 August), is expected to raise concerns about tensions with neighboring Rwanda that could spread instability in the region and also about Russia and China’s access to rare earth minerals in the central-west Africa country. Blinken’s trip to Congo […]