Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/un-chief-concerned-about-southern-africa-isolation-over-omicron-2021-11-29/ On monday, November 29, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres showed concern over the response of countries like the U.S. and U.K. to the Omicron variant. The new COVID variant was first discovered in South Africa, and the aforementioned countries have started implementing travel restrictions. Guterres advocated for repeated testing as opposed to bans, and blamed Africa’s lack… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.dw.com/en/ethiopias-war-triggers-fears-in-kenya-south-sudan/a-59758399 On Monday, November 8, the Kenyan government announced they would be reinforcing security along their border with Ethiopia. This decision comes out of the concern of a flood of refugees into the country as a result of the ongoing civil war in Ethiopia. Kenya is one of many countries that has called for a ceasefire between… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-11-09-sa-will-not-sign-cop26-parallel-pledge-to-move-away-from-coal-says-environment-minister-creecy/ On Tuesday, November 9, The Environmental Minister of South Africa, Barbara Creecy, announced that South Africa would not be participating in the pledge to end coal financing that was created during the COP26 summit. The document, which has been signed by 40 countries and institutions, pledges to have coal financing end for developed countries in the… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rally-back-militarys-campaign-ethiopians-denounce-us-2021-11-07/ On sunday, November 7, thousands of Ethiopian citizens held a rally at the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. The rally was done in support of Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who is the leader in the ongoing conflict between the Ethiopian government, and the rebel group TPLF (Tigray People’s liberation Front). The conflict has been going… Read more »
Link to article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202112030143.html After a Chinese company built Africa’s largest steel plant in Zimbabwe, industrialization in the country has started to rapidly increase and reverse sanctions imposed by the West. Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa, former Zimbabwean envoy representative in Bejing praised Chinese President Xi Jinping for greenlighting the steel project as far back as 2014. Ambassador Mutsvangwa has stated that… Read more »
Link to article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202111300006.html Certain countries in Africa have started to focus on rebuilding Africa-US relations after the rise of China as a competition. After a recent visit by Antony Blinken to Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal, the US has started to focus on its evolving interest and African Policy. This visit to these countries is a recent attempt by the… Read more »
Link: https://allafrica.com/stories/202112020445.html On December 2, 2021 Kenya received 2.2 million Covid-19 vacancies. Kenya received the vaccines made by Astrazeneca from Covax in Germany. Currently Kenya has about 7.1 of their population vaccinated out of their 53.7 million or about 13.2 percent of Kenya’s population. The new urge by the government of Kenya for their people to get vaccinated comes after… Read more »
Link to article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202112020027.html In the Democratic Republic of Congo, hundreds of Ugandan soldiers were deployed on Wednesday, December 1st. The reasoning behind this operation is to secure bases being used by the Islamic affiliated Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF for short. Currently, the military has already launched air and artillery strikes against certain ADF targets. Also, armored cars and… Read more »
Link: https://allafrica.com/stories/202112010545.html On December 1, 2021 the Chinese embassy in Zimbabwe donated to the Angel of hope foundation. The Angel of Hope foundation was founded for women engagement in Zimbabwe by making detergents and cleaning items. The Chinese embassy donated several items consisting of cooking oil, sugar beans, sugar, drums of soap stock, acid oil, and dolomite and caustic salt… Read more »
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20211128-senegal-calls-on-china-to-get-involved-in-war-torn-sahel-region With the growing threat of Islamic terror and control in the Africa, Foreign Minister Sall of Senegal spoke hoping for help from China, as the Africa-China summit is underway this week. Islamic militant forces have been widely active and growing in west African countries like Burkina Faso and Mali, neighboring Senegal, and on the other side of the continent… Read more »
