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The upcoming 2nd edition of China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) will see higher participation from the least-developed countries, especially from Africa, in part in an attempt to showcase China’s resilience against trade barriers from the United States and other trade partners. The organizers of the CISCE that kicks off in Beijing on 26 November […]
The African Union suspended the participation of Sudan in all its activities until constitutional order is restored with the installation of a civilian-led transition government. The decision was taken by the AU’s supreme decision-making body the Security and Peace Council as war dragged on in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary force RSF. “While […]
African governments need to develop robust strategies for the critical minerals sector amid global rush for the continent’s lithium and other strategically important rare metals, a recent research has found. Demand for lithium, for example, tripled from 2017 to 2022, while the critical minerals market doubled in five years, reaching US$320 billion in 2022, according […]
The year-old war in Sudan has triggered “a crisis of epic proportions” fueled by material support from foreign supporters who continue to flout United Nations sanctions, top United Nations and African Union officials warned on Friday (19 April). That the rival generals vying for power in Sudan “have been able to sustain their confrontation, it […]
Momentum is building up between African and Caribbean nations to set up a tribunal that will look into the atrocities suffered by ancestors who have been enslaved by western powers. The creation of such a tribunal, modeled on Nuremburg trials, is also backed by the US, Reuters reported. Formally recommended in June by the UN […]
The European Union has pledged to support the African Union (AU) in its ambitious goal of producing 60% of vaccines on the continent for African citizens by 2040 — one of the key outcomes of a recent high-level conference marking the expansion of the strategic EU-AU health partnership. The recent high-level event held in Brussels […]
As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins on Monday or Tuesday (11-12 March), depending on the sighting of the new moon, Muslims in parts of Africa are bracing themselves for more subdued celebrations amid soaring food prices and continuing violence in Sudan, Gaza and elsewhere in the continent. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the […]
A magnificent fountain offered by Morocco to the African Union (AU) was inaugurated on Thursday at the pan-African organization’s headquarters in Addis Ababa by Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita and Chairman of the AU Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat. The inauguration took place on the sidelines of the 44th session of the Executive Council and […]
Morocco is taking part in the 44th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council, which kicked off on Wednesday in Addis Ababa in the run-up to the Union’s Summit on February 17-18. The Foreign ministers of the 54 AU member countries are examining at this session the report of the 47th ordinary session […]
South Africa is already known for its support for the eians and the Hamas terrorist group in their conflict with Israel, as well as for the Polisario, a terrorist movement based in the Tindouf camps in the Sahara, Algeria. According to Western analysts and information from Sahel Intelligence, there is now a question of how […]