Africa

High-level EU-Africa green investment forum

This high-level EU-Africa green investment forum will bring leading government and business figures, international and development financial institutions, and academia…

4 years ago

EU takes humanitarian action as a global leading humanitarian aid donor

EU debates humanitarian aid while action is facing an unprecedented set of challenges, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Humanitarian aid…

4 years ago

China’s vaccine diplomacy in Africa

Last year the world faced the “mask diplomacy” and now there’s the “vaccine diplomacy” with China and Russia holding a…

4 years ago

WHO calls to ramp up COVAX production of COVID-19 vaccines

WHO chief called for urgent action to increase production of COVID-19 vaccines that will be distributed through the COVAX global…

4 years ago

Josep Borrell eudebates European strategic autonomy

Strategic autonomy is not a magic wand but a process, a long-term one, intended to ensure that Europeans increasingly take…

4 years ago

Nigeria attack: ‘More than 300’ girls missing

More than 300 girls are still missing after a Boko Haram extremists attack on a secondary school in northwest Nigeria…

4 years ago

Virus has taken the world hostage and UN demands vaccine ceasefires

UN Security Council demands vaccine ceasefires for a “sustained humanitarian pause” to local conflicts to allow COVID-19 vaccinations. The virus…

4 years ago

Côte d’Ivoire receive vaccine doses via COVAX Facility

Côte d'Ivoire and COVAX global initiative bring the African continent closer to the common goal of equitable access to COVID-19…

4 years ago

Two-thirds of poorer countries cut education budgets due to COVID-19

Education budgets are not adjusting proportionately to the challenges brought about by COVID-19, especially in poorer countries. Despite additional funding…

4 years ago

Flags at half mast in memory of Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio

The Italian ambassador, Luca Attanasio was killed on Monday during an attack on a UN convoy in the Democratic Republic…

4 years ago

Climate crisis is a humanitarian emergency for poor and vulnerable

UN warns that much more needs to be done to anticipate and plan for extreme weather events that put millions…

4 years ago

WHO: New COVID-19 variants raise questions around vaccines

The emergence of new coronavirus variants has raised major questions around whether currently available vaccines will be effective, the head…

4 years ago

Nigeria improve Services and Electricity Access

The World Bank approved $500 million to support the government of Nigeria in improving its electricity distribution sector. The project…

4 years ago

Rwanda: COVID-19 pandemic pushes Rwandan economy into recession

Rwanda has fallen into its first recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic and could potentially compromise years of gains in…

4 years ago

EU and FIFA debate Coronavirus impact on football

Charles Michel, President of the European Council met Gianni Infantino, President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). European Council…

4 years ago

WHO experts arrive in Wuhan for investigation

Members of an international WHO experts team studying the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19 arrived in Wuhan, China.…

4 years ago

US terrorist designation could worsen humanitarian crisis in Yemen

The US designation of Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, risks rendering UN-led efforts in Yemen for a comprehensive…

4 years ago

WHO urges greater controls as new COVID-19 variants emerge

World Health Organization WHO urges global community to step up efforts to control and monitor the new COVID-19 variants. Efforts…

4 years ago

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