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EU unveils details of $150bn Global Gateway investment plan for Africa

European Union and African Union (AU) leaders met in Brussels earlier this week to unveil details of the bloc’s $150bn Global Gateway Plan for Africa that is designed to fund projects in infrastructure, energy, and food security, as the bloc attempts to compete with China’s Belt and Road scheme. Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of […]

Sahara: Washington will not support a plan leading to a new African nation – WSJ

The United States made it clear that independence is not an option for settling the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, writes the US widely-circulated daily, The Wall Street Journal. In a story by its special envoy Dion Nissenbaum published Sunday, the US daily notes that US officials who are closely following discussions on the Sahara […]

Libya: Kobler Denied Landing in Tobruk

Head of UNSMIL Martin Kobler’s authority is increasingly waning in the East of Libya as on Wednesday the UN veteran diplomat was denied landing in Tobruk, the seat of the Libyan internationally recognized parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR). Kobler’s UN aircraft flying from Tunis was refused landing in the eastern town and had to […]