The World Bank and industry stakeholders have called for the lowering of the cost of sending remittances from the African diaspora to their home countries, as the money sent home is crucial in supporting household expenses in many developing countries. Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region most affected by the global crisis, but remittance inflows from […]
The South Africa-based Scientific Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) has recently received €10 million in funding from Germany. According to SASSCAL, the grant will be used to support research on the effects of climate change in southern African countries. The funds will finance research and capacity building projects […]
President Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated Wednesday Bernice military base, the largest in the country and the Middle East, set to emphasize Egypt’s influence in the Red Sea. Located on the Red Sea coast along Egypt’s southern borders, the Bernice base covers 150,000-acre and is house to a naval base, an airbase, an army hospital, some combat […]
