African presidents ink deals, meet Bill Gates, Elon Musk at UN
WEB3 days ago · SOCIALS #UNGA: At the UN General Assembly in New York, #African presidents are also taking advantage of the opportunity to meet major business leaders such as Bill Gats and Elon Musk, to forge future partnerships. #DRC: Bill Gates has pledged his involvement in the routine vaccination of Congolese children against measles, …
Opinion: Red lines for Africa’s Green new deal
WEB3 days ago · Economic modelling by the African Carbon Market Initiative projects steady growth in Africa’s carbon market transactions during the next 30 years with the retirement of up to 2.5 gigatonnes in CO2 emissions, mobilisation of up to $200bn a year in carbon trades, and creation of up to 190 million green jobs by 2050.
Security Council renews Kenya-led Haiti mission despite pleas for …
WEB2 days ago · The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted on 30 September to renew the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti for another 12 months but failed to transition it to a fully funded UN peace operation. The half-measure leaves Kenya on the hook for helping restore ...
Ethiopia: The African Union cannot deliver peace to Tigray
WEBAug 22, 2022 · Tigray leaders are highly critical of African Union-led efforts to bring peace to Ethiopia – including AU negotiator Olusegun Obasanjo’s suggestion that Eritrea should join the peace process. A peaceful resolution of Ethiopia’s current crisis is not imminent. The genocidal war on Tigray rages unabated. Western Tigray remains under brutal ...
Hundred days in, how is South Africa’s ‘second miracle’ GNU …
WEBSep 27, 2024 · Four months ago President Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress suffered its worst electoral defeat ever, dropping to just under 40% of the vote and losing its parliamentary majority for the first time. Still, Ramaphosa retained his job and this week told the United Nations General Assembly that the new government was South Africa’s …
Ethiopia: The West’s Flawed Policy on the Tigray Conflict
WEBDec 20, 2021 · It also is not, as TPLF Ambassador Berhane Gebrekristos claims, due to a personal obsession by Prime Minister Abiy with amassing power.The real drivers of the conflict are (1) the desire of the TPLF’s leaders to regain control of national power and the economy for corrupt purposes and (2) their desire to avoid accountability for years of …
UN: Africa splits over Russian invasion of Ukraine
WEBMar 2, 2022 · Wednesday’s UN vote on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine split Africa in half, exposing deep rifts between countries that refuse to take sides between Russia and the West and others who view Moscow as the imperialist aggressor. Updated 3 March 4:14pm Paris. The 54-member African bloc accounted for 17 of the 35 countries that abstained …
African debt: Three key challenges for 2024 - The Africa Report.com
WEBJan 24, 2024 · The Economist Intelligence Unit estimates that 12 African countries will be among the 20 economies expected to record the highest growth rates in 2024. “That’s more than half, which means that their growth is stable, so there should be more favourable borrowing conditions,” says Carlos Lopes, professor at the Mandela School of Public ...
US push for more African seats at the UN reveals continental rivalries
WEBSep 17, 2024 · The US envoy to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has said she is giving her African counterparts what they want by offering them two permanent seats on the Security Council. Keen to court the continent’s favour ahead of next week’s UN Summit of the Future in New York where many African heads of state will be pushing for …
Blinken unveils four‑pronged US strategy for Africa
WEBAug 8, 2022 · US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has unveiled a long-awaited strategy for Africa that “reframes the region’s importance to US national security interests.”. Speaking at the University of Pretoria on Monday 8 August, America’s top diplomat sought to cast the United States as the continent’s partner of choice, especially compared to ...