Tag: United Kingdom

On COP-27 sidelines, Kenya-UK ink green investment program deal

November 9, 2022

A new multipurpose dam that will be built in Kitui and Tharaka Nithi counties in Kenya will cost about $3,5 billion following a deal signed ... Read More

Ex-RAF pilots recruited by S.African firm warned about training Chinese military pilots

October 21, 2022

Retired members of the British Royal Air Force who were recruited via a South African company to train pilots in China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) ... Read More

Eritrea fuels Ethiopia’s bloody civil war in Tigray region in bid to crush its old foe

October 18, 2022

Eritrea is intensifying its involvement in neighboring Ethiopia’s civil war, including by instituting forced conscription to strengthen its army, in a bid to crush the ... Read More

Western countries should lift sanctions against Zimbabwe — African Union

September 23, 2022

The African Union (AU) reiterated its push for the United States, European Union, and United Kingdom to lift all sanctions against Zimbabwe at the United ... Read More

Gabon’s Ali Bongo to fly to London today Friday to attend late Queen Elizabeth’s funerals

September 16, 2022

Ali Bongo, the leader of Gabon, will fly today Friday to London in view of attending the funerals of late United Kingdom (UK) monarch Queen ... Read More

Sudan: thousands rally in Khartoum to protest military coup

September 15, 2022

Thousands of Sudanese protesters and opposition groups took to the streets of the capital on Tuesday (13 September) and marched toward the Presidential Palace in ... Read More

Death of Queen Elizabeth II: For King Mohammed VI, Morocco Loses “Great & Special Friend”

September 9, 2022

King Mohammed VI has offered his condolences to UK’s new King Charles III following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II at the age ... Read More

UK to cut import taxes on 99% of goods imported from Africa

August 18, 2022

The United Kingdom is to cut import taxes on hundreds more products from some of the world's poorest countries, which is a part of its ... Read More

World Bank loans Sudan $100m to combat deep food insecurity

July 22, 2022

The World Bank has released $100 million for the World Food Program to tackle “deep food insecurity” for 2 million people in Sudan. The Washington-based ... Read More

UK-Rwanda Asylum Deal: Despite Global Outcry, Zambia Eyes a Similar Migration Deal

July 22, 2022

The deal to relocate asylum seekers from the United Kingdom to Rwanda has caused widespread controversy, yet some African voices welcome its promise of human ... Read More