The Egyptian government has obtained a German financial support for three power projects to be carried out under the supervision of German group Siemens, through their local partners Orascom Construction and El-Sewedy Electric. The three projects will cost $ 6.3 billion lent by Deutsche Bank, HSBC Germany and German Bank of Reconstruction (KfW). The loan […]
A UN expert has called on rich Western countries to take in some thousands of the Syrian and sub-Saharan migrants to end the tragedies of boat disasters occurring in the Mediterranean Sea. The call was made as the EU leaders are convening an emergency summit in Brussels to discuss the migration crisis and consider all […]
West and Central Africa faces “disruptive and destabilising” new trends regarding drug trafficking, drug use and other crimes, warned Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). “UNODC is registering new alarming trends on drug trafficking in West and Central Africa with disruptive and destabilizing effects on governance, security, […]
