UNSLIM Ghassan Salame

Libya and Hungary move to revive diplomatic ties

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah engaged in high-level talks with Marcell Bíró, the National Security Adviser to the Hungarian Prime Minister, to explore pathways to deepen cooperation and formally restore diplomatic relations. Bíró, who was accompanied by Hungary’s Special Envoy for Africa, met Dbeibah in Tripoli on Monday, November 17, to assess the current […]

Blinken unveils US-Africa strategy

The United States will not dictate Africa’s choices, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during his visit to South Africa on Monday, August 8, despite having sought support from the continent’s 54 countries in efforts to isolate Russia over its Ukraine invasion. Blinken is in South Africa as part of his African tour that […]

Spiro, electric motorbike manufacturer, to expand fleet in Togo & Benin

Spiro, a leading electric motorbike manufacturer and clean energy provider in Africa, has landed $63 million loan from GuarantCo, a company in the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), and the French bank Société Générale to be used to expand its fleet of electric motorbikes, alongside the associated batteries and swap stations, in Benin and Togo. […]