TICAD VII: UNIDO, FAO launch initiative to accelerate youth employment in Africa’s agricultural sector

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the African Union (AU), together with numerous additional partners, have launched the Flagship Initiative to Accelerate Youth Employment in Agriculture and Agribusiness in Africa. The Initiative was launched Thursday on the sidelines of the seventh Tokyo International […]

Algeria halts consular travel pass for its nationals expelled by France

After recalling its ambassador to France last month, the Algerian government is now refusing to deliver temporary consular passes for the repatriation of its nationals expelled from French territory. The move comes in retaliation for the intervention of French consular services in Tunis, preventing the extradition of French-Algerian journalist Amira Bouraoui. After her arrest on […]

Libya not a failed state, Egypt considering military intervention

Despite the ongoing violence in Libya, the Council of Representatives has met for its first session in Tobruk due to the raging battles in Benghazi. Abu Bakr Baira, the lawmaker who presided over the session, said they have to “prove to the world that Libya is not a failed country” although internal differences have already […]