Russia delivered two nuclear-capable bombers to South Africa on a training mission on October 23, a flight apparently timed to coincide with President Vladimir Putin’s opening of a flagship Russia-Africa Summit conceived to ensure Russian influence. #Sochi, Russia-Africa Summit: Meeting with President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera https://t.co/0AL3GQ3gvy pic.twitter.com/cNqKfYPDvR — President of Russia…
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Mozambique elections with «democratic aspirations»
“The historic Peace and Reconciliation Agreement signed in Maputo on 6 August was an inspiration to the outside world: the electoral process which has followed is a real test of the readiness of Mozambique’s political actors and institutions to maintain and protect the freedoms and rights which will help to bring the benefits of the…
EU allocates funds to rescue migrants
The European Commission has taken stock of all work strands of Progress report of Migration agenda. The Report highlighted the EU efforts for rescuing lives – 760,000 in Mediterranean Sea and over 23,000 in the Nigerien desert since 2015. https://twitter.com/refmigrupdate/status/1185455367981064192?s=21 Unprecedented funding worth €9.7 billion has been mobilised mainly through the EU Trust Fund for Africa. …
Tripoli GNA obstructs Europarl debate
Anna van Densky from Brussels. As a result of the considerable diplomatic effort of the Government of National Accord (GNA, Tripoli) mission in Brussels, the public event with H.E.Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Libyan Interim government Abdulhadi Ibrahim Lahweej (pictured) posted by MEP Fulvio Martusciello (EPP, Italy), has been occluded. The Italian MEP initiate…
Ethiopian Abiy Ahmed Nobel prize winner
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia has won Nobel Peace Prize for his input in ending the 20-year war between Ethiopia and Eritrea. https://twitter.com/unesco/status/1182589900203462656?s=21 Announcing the prize in Oslo, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Ahmed’s “efforts deserve recognition and need encouragement.” https://twitter.com/afp/status/1182591973766684673?s=21 The Prime Minister’s office tweeted out a statement after Abiy Ahmed saying it…
Sindika Dokolo repatriates African heritage
#IncarNations exhibition of African artefacts intends to break the established patterns, presenting African in its aesthetics magnitude, but regard it as a philosophy. The synergy between Congolese art collector Sindika Dokolo (47) and South African artist Kendell Geers (51) produced a concept of appreciation of continent’s cultural heritage bypassing traditional outlook. (Image above: Sindika Dokolo (right) and Nadia Yala Kisukidi,…
Angola against death penalty
In October Angola became party to the Optional Protocol aiming to the abolition of the death penalty, to the Convention against Torture and other cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and to the Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination. The European Union welcomed Angola’s alignment with these three significant international…
EU diplomacy welcomes Kamto liberation
“President Biya’s decision to stop military court proceedings against several leaders and activists of political parties and movements, including the “Mouvement pour la renaissance du Cameroun” and its president, Maurice Kamto, represents an important gesture of appeasement” says the text of the statement by the spokesperson of the European External Action Servie on the latest…
Kendell Geers ventures African mask philosophy
South African conceptual artist Kendell Geers presents African masks in unconventional way to evoke re-evaluation of cultural heritage of the continent, shifting from outdated perception of “fetish” to artefact, and further to reading the profound philosophical meaning of the ritual objects. Concluding the exhibition IncarNations (BOZAR, Brussels) debates took place on contemporary vision of African cultural heritage, and…
Russia African Summit in Sochi”
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov announced Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi on 23-24 October 2019. African economies are currently striving to achieve inclusive growth and sustainable development – efforts which must be supported by constant technological progress. Today’s global technological landscape is becoming increasingly digital, opening up new opportunities to overcome challenges facing Africa…
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