Some thirty heads of state and government, including US Vice President Kamala Harris, met in France to attend the Paris Peace Forum on Thursday and Friday. The Elysee said that there are 30 Heads of State and Governments amongst the 450 participants that are expected at the three-day summit, while 15,000 others will attend online.…
Young graduates, parents, families, the European Union in Morocco, diplomatic representations, key figures from the sports industry, partners from the private sector, teachers and sports associations all met on 28 October 2021 in Casablanca to congratulate the 27 young people who have completed the first SAME socio-economic integration programme for young people returning from sub-Saharan and Moroccan diasporas.…
Company is exercising its pre-emption rights related to sale of Occidental Petroleum’s interests to Kosmos Energy Tullow Oil is set to increase its stake in the Jubilee and TEN fields in Ghana, following the exercising of its right of pre-emption related to the sale of Occidental Petroleum’s interests in the fields to Kosmos Energy. Tullow has pre-emption rights…
CAIRO, Nov 10 (Reuters) – Sudan’s main civilian political coalition rejected any negotiation with the military on Wednesday, holding to its position at its first press conference since a coup on Oct. 25 led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. A statement read at the press conference attributed to spokesman Alwathiq Elbereir said the Forces of…
The return of the artefacts comes as calls mount in Africa for Western countries to hand back colonial spoils. Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany have also received requests to return lost treasures. In Benin, returned objects will be exhibited at several sites, including a former Portuguese fort in Ouidah, while awaiting the completion of…
Boeing has reached an agreement with the families of the 157 people who died in the Ethiopia 737 Max crash in 2019. The plane maker accepts liability for their deaths, according to court documents in Chicago. In return, families of the victims will not seek punitive damages from the company. Lawyers for the victims’ families…
Thousands of Tunisians went on strike and rallied Wednesday after a demonstrator died of tear gas inhalation during angry demonstrations over the reopening of a rubbish dump, as environmental crises mount in the North African country. Abderrazek Lacheheb, 35, died early Tuesday in Agareb, in the Sfax region on the central coast, after security forces…
New report says Beijing championing development of industry alongside its flagship Belt and Road Initiative. The Beijing-backed expansion of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in many African countries risks fuelling the illegal wildlife trade and threatens the future of some of the world’s most endangered species, a new report has warned. The growth of the TCM…
Amnesty International found evidence of brutal acts committed by TPLF fighters during an offensive in August. Tigrayan rebels raped, robbed and beat up several women during an attack on a town in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, Amnesty International has found, amid mounting evidence of brutal violence committed during the year-long conflict. According to an investigation released…
Cutting down trees to save a city from drought might seem like an unlikely plan, but that’s exactly what the South African city of Cape Town has started doing, after becoming the first global city to come close to running out of water. It is three years since it edged dangerously towards what was described…