Sustainable development goals

‘Health Silk Road’: China’s health diplomacy in Africa in post-COVID era

The controversial Beijing-funded African Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that is due to open in the next few months is just one example of China’s increasing investment in health care on the African continent since the pandemic as it builds what analysts and Beijing call a ‘Health Silk Road’. According to […]

U.S. Africa Leaders Summit : America’s (Interested) Declaration of Love

The U.S. Africa Leaders Summit that brought to Washington this August 4-6 more than 50 African leaders and hundreds of governmental officials, CEOs and civil society activists was an opportunity for President Barack Obama to make a declaration of love to the black continent, announcing new partnerships and initiatives and pledging that America will be […]

Morocco’s Interior Ministry bans use of charity for electoral purposes

Morocco’s Interior Ministry said that mayorships and elected officials are banned from using charity for electoral purposes, Assabah daily reported. The move aims at preventing elected officials from using the suffering of poor people through charity in order to wage electoral campaigns, in a move that would lift the rug from under the feat of […]