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Foreign Minister Engages Pacific Leaders In Tonga

  • September 2, 2024

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Botchwey, has concluded three days of meetings in Tonga with leaders of the Pacific Islands. Ms Botchwey, who is a candidate for the position of Commonwealth Secretary General, also addressed a plenary session of the region’s leaders.  She shared her vision for “a new Commonwealth that […]

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5 key Chinese ‘Belt And Road’ Projects Underway In Africa

  • September 2, 2024

China has vowed to beef up its vast Belt and Road global infrastructure initiative, promising “high-quality cooperation” ahead of a summit with African leaders in Beijing starting Wednesday. Africa is already a key Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) region, with Chinese companies signing contracts there worth more than $700 billion between 2013 and 2023, according […]

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African Leaders In Beijing Eyeing Big Loans And Investment

  • September 2, 2024

African leaders descend on China’s capital this week, seeking funds for big-ticket infrastructure projects as they eye mounting great power competition over resources and influence on the continent. China has expanded ties with African nations in the past decade, furnishing them with billions in loans that have helped build infrastructure but also sometimes stoked controversy […]

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EU Supports Smallholder Farmers With €10m Facility

  • August 30, 2024

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 […]

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Nigeria Receives 10,000 Mpox Vaccine Doses From USAID

  • August 30, 2024

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 […]

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US Set To Extend African Railway Project Through Tanzania

  • August 30, 2024

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, […]