Tag Archives: Africa

Muhamad Yehia ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Africa is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases with nearly 4,000 reported in the past week, the continent’s public health body said Tuesday as it repeated a plea for long-awaited vaccines whose arrival this week in the most affected country, Congo, has been delayed. Eighty-one …

In just over five years, there’s a good chance that you will be able to board a high-speed train in Madrid and travel from Spain to the Moroccan city of Casablanca in five and a half hours, hurtling through a new tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar. This may sound …

Defense chiefs from 30 African countries will gather in Botswana for a two-day military conference to discuss the continent’s security and stability challenges. The meeting, organized by the United States Africa Command, or AFRICOM, will be the first to be held in Africa since the inaugural conference in 2017 “The …

By Lolita C. Baldor | AP GABORONE, Botswana — The forced U.S. troop withdrawals from bases in Niger and Chad and the potential to shift some troops to other nations in West Africa will be key issues as the top U.S. military officer meets with his counterparts this week at a chief …

In the past year, since the beginning of Russia’s large-scale war against Ukraine, Russian regular troops have not been able to achieve their main goals in Ukraine. The high human losses of the Russian armed forces forced the Kremlin to engage the services of private military companies, which attract mercenaries …

Famine is fast approaching in Somalia and more than 700,000 people could face starvation next year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Tuesday, citing the latest Integrated Food Security Phase (IPC) analysis. However, there is still time to meet the needs of rural communities who are among those …

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) – Africa’s economic outlook is particularly vulnerable to higher food and fuel prices prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as to reduced tourism revenues and diminished access to financial services. “A recalibration of policies appears inevitable in many countries,” Georgieva said in remarks to …

 The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding that Russia end its military operations in Ukraine immediately. A total of 141 countries voted in favour of the March 2, 2022 resolution, which reaffirms Ukrainian sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. UN News reports that the resolution demands that Russia “immediately, completely and …

analysisBy Dr Alex Vines Obe Ukraine draws focus away from Africa’s conflict hotspots, a key concern at the AU and UN Joint Strategic Assessment on Security in the Sahel high-level consultation. This meeting comes at a watershed moment, following President Macron’s announcement that the French are pulling their troops out …

Is Taiwan the path to international recognition of Somaliland or is it a strategic mistake? *Nimcan Aidid  Introduction:  It is not a territory seeking to secede from the mother country as some believe, but Somaliland was a former British protectorate that gained its independence on June 26, 1960, after a …