AP , Saturday 1 Apr 2023 Vice President Kamala Harris is pushing for $7 billion in private-sector investments to help Africa prepare for the effects of climate change. The announcement comes as she wraps up her weeklong trip to the continent on Saturday. Harris plans to visit a farm outside Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, where workers are using…
AFP , Sunday 2 Apr 2023 South Africa’s governing ANC party said Saturday that it had sent senior officials to Russia to discuss “recalibration of the global order” with President Vladimir Putin’s party. “The visit follows an invitation from United Russia Party, Russia’s largest political party and a longstanding ally and friend to the ANC,”…
John J Stremlau, Monday 20 Mar 2023 China’s foreign ministry published a 4,000-word analysis entitled US Hegemony and its Perils on 20 February. It’s an indictment of alleged US foreign interference, intimidation and interventions that began 200 years ago. This was followed by President Xi Jinping’s accusation at the Communist Party National Congress in March that the…
The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed, has advised African leaders to support and invest in environmental and sustainability solutions that have their roots in the continent. Mohammed, gave the advice at the opening ceremony of the Ninth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-9), held in Niamey, Niger…
AP , Tuesday 28 Feb 2023 Tensions rose Monday during the counting of Nigeria’s hotly contested presidential election when representatives from the parties of the two main opposition candidates walked out in anger from the center where state-by-state results were being announced. With 11 of Nigeria’s 36 states having reported as of Monday evening, ruling…
AFP , Tuesday 21 Feb 2023 US First Lady Jill Biden will visit Namibia and Kenya this week, senior administration officials said Tuesday, as the White House seeks an economic partnership with Africa contrasting Chinese investment and food shortages caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The first senior White House official to visit the region…
AFP , Sunday 19 Feb 2023 South Africa’s governing ANC party on Sunday welcomed the “encouraging” expulsion of a senior Israeli diplomat from the African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa. Sharon Bar-li, Israel’s foreign ministry deputy director general for Africa, was on Saturday escorted out of the AU assembly in the Ethiopian capital. Israel accused arch-foe Iran…
AFP , Sunday 19 Feb 2023The African Union insisted on Sunday it had a “zero tolerance” policy towards unconstitutional change as it maintained its suspension of four military-ruled countries. The Sahel states of Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali as well as Sudan were sanctioned by the pan-African body after coups in recent years but the AU…
By Jerry Omondi World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman, Klaus Schwab, on Tuesday stressed the urgency to develop new mechanisms that strengthen international cooperation in today’s multipower world. Schwab made the call in his speech in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, where he joined heads of state, business leaders and other delegates for the World Government…
By Jerry Omondi Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived Tuesday afternoon in Equatorial Guinea, for a three-day state visit. Mnangagwa, accompanied by several government ministers and business leaders, is expected to hold bilateral talks with Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the president of Equatorial Guinea, on various issues of mutual interest. This is Mnangagwa’s second visit to…
