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Global donors pledged Sunday December 3 at the 2023 Reaching the Last Mile Forum, held part of the ongoing COP28 in the UAE, a collective $777.2 million to help control, eliminate, and eradicate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Africa. The event hosted by Reaching the Last Mile (RLM), the global health initiative driven by the […]
The European Union is “very concerned about the consequences” of the latest decision by Niger’s military leaders to revoke an EU-backed law criminalizing transportation of migrants north from Agadez to Libya and Algeria for onward transition to Europe. Over the weekend, Niger’s junta government signed an order abrogating the controversial legislation, known as Law 2015-36, […]
After a year of record temperatures, deadly floods and devastating wildfires, not least in Africa, the annual UN summit — the COP28 climate conference — opened in Dubai on Thursday (30 November), aiming to stave off climate catastrophe. Hosted by the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, the discussions at 28th edition of the Conference of the […]
Algeria’s self-serving approach towards the Sahel kept away from forging a stability and security partnership with the US, notes the United States Institute of Peace. In a study, headlined “For Peace in the Sahel, Can the U.S. Work with Algeria?”, the US think tank notes that Algeria has failed to help the Tuareg and the […]
Somalia has finally been admitted to the East African Community (EAC) as its eighth member, thirteen years after its original application to join, as the economic bloc seeks to expand free trade across the region. Somalia was officially admitted to the East African Community (EAC) at the Summit of the East African Community (EAC) Heads […]
Russia is mulling plans to dispatch 200,000 tons of wheat free of charge to countries in need on the African continent by the end of the year, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Alexey Yerkhov told Turkish daily Sabah. “Russia proposed an initiative to deliver wheat free of charge to the poorest African countries. We expect […]
Habidem, a Mauritanian small business known for turning local resources into a bio-sourced thermal insulator from Typha, a noxious plant, has been awarded Med’Innovant Africa 2023 prize, an innovation competition created by Marseille-based urban and economic development Agency Euroméditerranée. Led by Oumar WELE, the company bagged €7,000 financial assistance, a full support package to build […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) have partnered with Moroccan bank for Commerce & Industry (BMCI) to support women-led micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). EBRD will provide up to €20 million unsecured loan to BMCI for women entrepreneurs digitalization and MSMEs located in the regions affected by […]
Ado Al-Hajji Abu, the Executive Secretary of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) began Saturday November 25 work from the organization’s permanent headquarters in Tripoli, in Libya. Ado Al-Hajji Abu was received by the Minister of Youth, the Prime Minister’s envoy to Africa, Fathallah El-Zeni, and a number of directors of departments and offices in […]
Senegal and Guinea Bissau set up a 26-member joint committee to iron out by 2025 the lingering border issues between the two countries. “It is a joint committee of twenty-six members that must carry out what is called reaffirmation of our borders,” said Vice-Admiral Ibrahima Wade, Chairman of Senegal’s National Border Management Commission. “This commission […]