High-level EU-Africa green investment forum
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Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. Despite low concentration of wealth, recent economic expansion and the large and young population make Africa an important economic market in the broader global context.
At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20% of its land area.
EU takes humanitarian action as a global leading humanitarian aid donor
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WHO calls to ramp up COVAX production of COVID-19 vaccines
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Josep Borrell eudebates European strategic autonomy
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Two-thirds of poorer countries cut education budgets due to COVID-19
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Flags at half mast in memory of Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio
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WHO: New COVID-19 variants raise questions around vaccines
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Nigeria improve Services and Electricity Access
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WHO experts arrive in Wuhan for investigation
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US terrorist designation could worsen humanitarian crisis in Yemen
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WHO urges greater controls as new COVID-19 variants emerge
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Watch State of the Union live: Ursula von der Leyen gives 2022 address #SOTEU
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