CAIRO, Jan 30 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed efforts to de-escalate tensions between Israel and the Palestinians in talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday during a three-day visit to the Middle East. After arriving in Egypt on Sunday, Blinken said he wanted to strengthen Washington’s “strategic partnership” with…
AFP , Friday 16 Dec 2022 The United States on Thursday committed another $2.5 billion in food assistance to Africa, pledging to help the continent cope with rising prices blamed in part on Russia’s invasion of breadbasket Ukraine. President Joe Biden laid out the new commitment at the close of a three-day summit that brought nearly…
AFP , Sunday 11 Dec 2022 When Barack Obama welcomed African leaders to Washington in 2014, many viewed the summit as historic, not just due to the US president’s background but for the pledges to make the partnership deeper and such events routine. The sequel took eight years , the equivalent of two presidential terms but on…
Public health officials, experts, researchers, and scientists around Africa will gather at a major conference at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week to take stock of how ready, in a post-COVID-19 world, African countries are to face up to the next disease threat. ‘Beyond COVID-19: Pathogen Genomics and Bioinformatics for Health…
By Philip Andrew Churm with AFP The United Nations COP27 climate summit has approved the creation of a special fund to cover the damages suffered by vulnerable nations affected by global warming. The two-week talks have switched from fears the whole process could collapse, to hopes of a major breakthrough on a fund for climate…
By CGTN Africa A China-Africa media seminar has gathered dozens of scholars and media professionals from across Africa to explore new avenues for media cooperation on Wednesday in Nairobi, Kenya. It’s part of the annual CMG Africa event “Our Media Partners: CMG Media Corporation Forum”. Participants also shared their insights on how to build a China-Africa…
Mohamed Samir, Daily News Egypt Sharm El-Sheikh – US President Biden met with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on the margins of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. President Biden expressed support for Egypt’s water rights. He also expressed United States’ solidarity with Egypt in the face of…
Staff Writer, Agence France-Presse (AFP) Cairo, Egypt: The family of Egypt’s jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah, who is refusing food and water, demanded information on his health Wednesday amid what they said were “rumours of force-feeding”. International concern has mounted since Abdel Fattah, 40, escalated his months-long hunger strike by also declining liquids since Sunday, the start of…
By Christine Maema World leaders gathered in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday for the United Nation’s annual summit on climate change. In his opening remarks, Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi described planet Earth as “a world of suffering” and asked, “Is it not high time today to put an end…
The item was adopted to the agenda in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Sunday, as world leaders arrived for the negotiations scheduled to run through Nov 18. Gloria Dickie, Reuters News SHARM EL-SHEIKH – Delegates at the the U.N.’s COP27 climate summit in Egypt agreed to discuss whether rich nations should compensate poor countries most vulnerable to…
