The European Union (EU) has launched a €10 million loan facility to assist smallholder farmers in the five regions of the north. Known as Agriculture Financing Initiative (AgirFI) Country Window, the fund, which will run for the next 10 years, will focus mainly on farmers in the mango, rice, groundnuts, sorghum, soya bean, cashew and […]
ECOWAS Resident and Permanent Representatives are convening in Côte d’Ivoire for a four-day meeting. The aim of this meeting is to take stock of the achievements and programmes implemented by the institution across the Member States, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of ECOWAS. During the 4-day meeting, issues relating to the future of […]
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez ended his three-day tour of West African nations aimed at boosting cooperation in controlling irregular migration from the region to Spain’s Canary Islands, with a meeting with Senegal’s president in Dakar. Following the talks between Sánchez and President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the pair held a joint press conference where the […]
As the West clamps down on imports of green technology products from China, the world’s biggest manufacturer is looking for new markets, and that is a topic analysts say will dominate the agenda next month at a Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, or FOCAC, in Beijing. The high-level meeting, held every three years, will be the […]
Nigeria has received its first shipment of mpox vaccines, donated by the United States, to combat the ongoing outbreak of the disease. This comes amid a sharp rise in cases across Africa with the Democratic Republic of Congo and East African nations reporting the majority of infections. The first batch of 10,000 Jynneos vaccine doses […]
The U.S. government says it is set to expand the Lobito Corridor – a railway project that runs from Angola to Zambia through the Democratic Republic of the Congo – all the way to the Indian Ocean through Tanzania. The railway would connect African countries to global markets and enhance regional trade and economic growth, […]
Kamala Harris vowed a tougher approach to migration along the U.S. southern border and said she would not withhold weapons to Israel, in her first interview with a major news organization since becoming the Democratic nominee for president. In the interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash, Harris sought to show she is in command of […]
Spain’s prime minister announced a series of agreements with the West African nation of Mauritania on Tuesday to stem a surge in migrants making the dangerous Atlantic journey to the Canary Islands. Speaking alongside Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani in the capital Nouakchott, Pedro Sánchez said Spain will expand its circular migration program to Mauritanians […]
The U.S. Embassy in Accra has officially transitioned to a new visa services provider, effective August 26, 2024. The change marks the end of access to the previous provider’s website and services, which were discontinued on August 16, 2024. All current nonimmigrant visa interview appointments remain valid under the new system. Applicants are now required […]
Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military stocks to help contain the outbreak on the African continent in the short term as well as provide help to the affected countries, said a government spokesperson on Monday. The government will provide the World Health Organization with flexible financial resources via various instruments to […]
