Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reiterated Egypt’s stance on the importance of reaching a legally binding agreement concerning the Ethiopian dam Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed with his Portuguese counterpart, Augusto Santos Silva, the latest developments related to the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), stressing Egypt’s stance based on the…
By Bob Dewar Associate Fellow, Africa Programme The pandemic took the spotlight off climate change in Africa, despite 2020 seeing warming temperatures, rising sea levels, and extreme, erratic weather events. 2020 saw time lost and meetings postponed. But the lead-up to the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November (COP26) brings…
Synopsis The WLP now looks forward to welcoming the participation of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry to represent the government’s oversight of local operations, and the CBIC (Customs) as a partner, as well as other regional organisations, it stated. MUMBAI : The World Logistics Passport (WLP), which aims at increasing trading opportunities between…
Despite the pandemic, most countries stuck to their polling schedules in 2020. Despite a fragile security situation, Central Africans overwhelmingly exercised their civic duty by going to polling centers and casting their votes. Central African Republic and in Niger held their presidential and parliamentary elections on 27 December 2020 to round up a challenging year…
Tanzania’s health ministry says it has no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines, just days after the president of the country of 60 million people expressed doubt about the vaccines without offering evidence. Health Minister Dorothy Gwajima told a press conference in the capital, Dodoma, on Monday that “the ministry has no plans to receive…