Article Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/un-rights-forum-hold-session-ethiopia-eu-request-2021-12-13/ As Ethiopia continues to struggle, the EU holds talks to bring back a failing country. Ethiopia has been in an ongoing civil war in the Tigray region. As other countries look in, the European Union is looking to help. There have been numerous talks by the EU on how to handle the civil war and the latest… Read more »
Link to article:https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigeria-plans-reciprocal-flights-ban-four-countries-over-omicron-2021-12-12/ Due to the new Covid-19 variant Nigeria has planned to put four countries including Argentina, Britain, Canada, and Saudi Arabia on a red list which means that they are travel banned. This will also cause all incoming and outgoing flights to be banned as well. The omicron variant was first detected in Southern Africa and Hong Kong…. Read more »
Article Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-alarmed-by-potential-deployment-russia-backed-group-mali-state-department-2021-12-15/ The Wagner Group from Russia has had a sudden interest in operating in Mali. The Wagner Group is allegedly not affiliated with the Russian government, but Putin has never condemned the group. Instead, Putin has stated that he will not interfere with the group as long as they do not break any Russian laws. The Wagner Group… Read more »
Link to article:https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/suspected-islamists-kill-16-people-eastern-congo-2021-12-10/ Last Wednesday night a suspected Islamic group killed 16 people in the rural part of the Eastern democratic republic of congo. The attackers belong to a group called The Allied Democratic Forces who are linked to Islamic State and have been known to be at fault for killing hundreds of congo civilians since 2019. Thay have also… Read more »
Link to Article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00080019.html Zimbabwe is calling for sanctions that the United States has placed on them to be removed. Zimbabwe is saying that these sanctions must be removed by October 25th of next year. Zimbabwe has asked for the Southern African Development Community and for other countries in Africa to call for the United States to remove the sanctions…. Read more »
Link to Article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202112150162.html Israel has been granted observer status to the African Union. This decision was made by Moussa Faki Mahamat the Chair of the African Union without the consent of member states and some of the members are outraged. South Africa is hoping that the decision will be reversed by the African Union during their Spring Summit happening… Read more »
Link to the article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigeria-senate-approves-buharis-58-billion-borrowing-request-2021-12-15/ On Wednesday, December 15th the Nigerian parliament approved the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari’s request for taking a loan of $5.8 billion dollars from international leaders. The money is ultimately coming from the World Bank, China Export and Import Bank, German Consortium and Islamic Development Bank, and other leaders. The money would be used for power,… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/africa-sees-83-surge-covid-19-cases-past-week-2021-12-14/ As a result of low vaccination rates and new variants, the entire continent of Africa has seen an exponential increase in cases. The Omicron variant, originally discovered in Botswana, has driven this outbreak, causing the number of COVID-19 cases to double every five days. This is the fastest surge this year, but deaths remain low. The… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chinas-xi-pledges-10-bln-credit-line-african-financial-institutions-2021-11-29/ On Monday, November 28, China’s President Xi Jinping pledged to deliver 1 billion doses of the COVID vaccine to Africa. This is in addition to the near 200 million doses China has given to the continent. Xi said China would also be providing health care infrastructure in the area, as well as 10 billion dollars in… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/african-development-bank-postpones-investment-forum-due-omicron-variant-2021-11-29/ On Tuesday, November 29, The African Development Bank, or AfDB, announced they would be postponing its investment form due to the new COVID variant Omicron. The forum was set to take place from December 1-3, but has been delayed to an unspecified date. While behind the scenes discussions over funding will continue, the delay still stops… Read more »