EGYPT : EU parliamentary group Identity and Democracy charms Cairo
European MP Jordan Bardella may be next-in-line to lead a delegation from nationalist and nativist caucus Identity and Democracy on...
Month : March 2023
AFRICA : Louise Mushikiwabo, Sameh Shoukry, Catherine Colonna, Abderrahim Atmoun, André de Ruyter and Pierre Haik
Gabon – OIF shuns One Forest SummitHer absence did not go unnoticed. Despite being invited to the One Forest Summit,...
IVORY COAST : Bpifrance ‘speed dating’ event set to boost French defence industry
A series of business meetings will be held at the Sofitel Ivoire hotel in Abidjan to help promote French defence...
SOUTHERN AFRICA/ZIMBABWE : Harare acts to get back on the lucrative Durban-Copperbelt freight route
Long relegated to the realm of wishful thinking, the modernisation of the roads and border posts connecting Zimbabwe to South Africa (via Beitbridge), Mozambique (Forbes)...
KENYA : Tension between police and army over joint security operation in northern Rift Valley
Faced with an increase in the number of attacks by armed bandits in the northern Rift Valley in western Kenya,...
LIBYA : Paris court rejects Al Kharafi’s motions in LIA case
The legal battle between Kuwaiti construction company Al Kharafi and the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) rumbles on before the Paris...
BURKINA FASO : Burkinabe military split over junta leader Traoré’s new directions
Within the military junta led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, strategic decisions can be taken without consultation and without the knowledge...
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC/SUDAN/CHAD : CIA follows Hemeti trail from N’Djamena to Bangui
As well as the war in Ukraine and Chinese spy balloons, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) boss William Burns had to deal with a new priority...
ETHIOPIA : Ethiopia foreign minister to attend UN least developed countries conference
Ethiopian Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen will represent his country at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Doha from 5 to...
SOUTH AFRICA : EU injects €2.7m to buoy up flailing nuclear power sector
Trois sociétés viennent d’être choisies par l’Union européenne pour conseiller l’organisme sud-africain de régulation du secteur nucléaire, le National Nuclear Regulator....
