Tag: United Kingdom
On COP-27 sidelines, Kenya-UK ink green investment program deal
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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
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