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Six African leaders plan to spearhead and facilitate what they hope could be the beginning of peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv more than one year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday (16 May) that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had agreed to meet […]
Economic growth in Morocco is expected to pick up to 3.1 per cent in 2023, announced on Tuesday by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). In its latest Regional Economic Prospects (REP) report, the Bank’s analysts explained the projected Moroccan economic growth by the anticipated agricultural recovery, moderate inflation and the country’s removal […]
United States’ accusations leveled against South Africa that it had been secretly selling weapons to Russia has sent the African country’s currency tumbling to record low on Thursday (11 May). The US ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, accused the country on Thursday of providing weapons and ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine […]
Kenya has slammed Russia and Gulf countries for their involvement in Sudan’s politics that does not help to find a solution to the conflict, while an exclusive article published by the Washington Post accuses the Russia’s Wagner Group of aggressively working to create a “confederation” of anti-Western states in Africa by creating instability across the […]
The extension of the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative and, in turn, the newly-arrived wheat imports from Ukraine could help ease hunger in drought-stricken areas in Africa and bring down high food prices, according to Kenyan economists. Earlier in the week, 30,000 tons of wheat arrived in Kenya under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, in […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he gives a “priority” to relations with African countries, as Moscow was looking for new partners in the face of international sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “I want to emphasize that our country has always given and will continue to give priority to co-operation with African states,” Putin […]
The General Authority for Investment and Free Zones’ (GAFI) CEO Hossam Haiba and CEO of Enterprise Georgia Mikheil Khidureli have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance investment cooperation between the two countries, the Egyptian side said in a statement on Monday. Enterprise Georgia is the corporate body responsible for promoting Georgian investment and […]
The Russian government will give 260,000 tons of fertilizer to several African countries, including 20,000 tons already donated to Malawi, a step that analysts see as part of Moscow’s effort to win diplomatic support for its war in Ukraine. At a handover ceremony Monday (6 March) at Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, Russian Ambassador to Malawi Nikolai […]
Morocco’s historic performance in FIFA World Cup 2022 has lifted the country’s global football status and enhanced its chances of joining the bid of Spain and Portugal to host the 2030 World Cup finals. Morocco’s Atlas Lions gained worldwide praise and respect in Qatar’s World cup tournament after eliminating Spain and then Portugal in knockout […]
The meeting of financial chiefs of the Group of 20 (G20) leading economies held in Bengaluru, India, on 24-25 February 2023 failed to issue a proposed final communiqué in the face of Russian and Chinese objections, which has again brought into spotlight the self-proclaimed ‚neutrality’ of South Africa and many other countries on the continent. […]