Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/12/southern-africa-bloc-sadc-extends-mozambique-mission The southern African regional bloc, SADC, has extended troop deployment to Mozambique to aid the country in fighting an armed uprising. There has been good progress with troop deployment in Mozambique, so they decided to extend the mandate. The SADC members and Rwanda decided to send troops to Mozambique last June to respond to the uprising… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/britain-steps-up-kenya-investments-with-railway-hub-eyes-1-bln-deals-2022-01-18/ Britain is partnering with Kenya to build a rail hub in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Britain has had increased relations with Nairobi recently following Brexit and their post-Brexit trade deal in 2020. British engineering firm Atkin Global is designing an eight platform rail station and public space. This deal was first agreed two years ago between Kenya’s… Read more »
Link to article:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-provides-covid-19-humanitarian-and-remittance-relief-fund-to-africa The UK is giving 7 million pounds to provide essential services and food assistance to households and migrants in southern Africa who were affected by COVID-19. Nearly 750,000 people will get this assistance. The region’s drought and the pandemic created a large food insecurity situation with 18 million people in southern Africa were at risk of hunger… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pledges-105-mln-pounds-help-vulnerable-nations-fight-omicron-2021-12-29/ The UK pledged 105 million pounds ($141.7 million) to nations lacking adequate resources to fight the Omicron variant. This includes many countries in Sub- Saharan Africa such as Kenya. In these countries Omicron is rapidly spreading due to lack of measures for reducing the spread of covid. The money is for increased measures to reduce transmission,… Read more »
