AFRICA DIPLOMATIC

Terrorist violence at rise in Africa

The number of violent incidents involving jihad groups in Africa has increased by +300% between 2010-2017, while the number of African countries experiencing sustained militant activity has more than doubled to 12 over the period, according to Africa Center. The number of violent incidents involving #jihadistgroups in #Africa has increased by +300% between 2010-2017; the…

South Africa advances exports of lion’s skeletons

The export of lion skeletons is fuelling the business of these criminal enterprises and South Africa should be held to account for encouraging them, conservationists say. The issue came to public attention after the decision of South Africa officials to double quota of exports of skeletons of lions in captivity. South Africa’s Department of Environmental…

Moët & Chandon championship for best sommelier in South Africa

The intense search of for South Africa’s most talented sommelier started to select the top professional who will represent the nation at the 2019 Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) Best Sommelier championships in Belgium. The winner will receive the title of Moët & Chandon Best Sommelier South Africa 2018. Calling all talented sommeliers! Come…

African Art Fair 1-54 presenting contemporary creations

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair has announced the exhibitors participating in its sixth London edition. From October 4-7, 42 galleries from 21 countries will present work at Somerset House, with work by some 130 artists from 33 nations. Once again a very exciting selection of Special Projects will accompany the next edition of the…

Tajani: “We can’t stop migration”

“Until 2016, 90% of irregular migrants travelled through the Niger to Libya and Europe. In just 2 years, Niger reduced migration flows by 95%, from over 300,000 to about 10,000 in 2018. We need to support this model and extend it to other Sahel countries following the example with Turkey, where we committed 6 billion…

Eritrea Embassy inauguration in Addis Ababa

The inauguration of the Eritrean Embassy was the culmination of President Isaias Afwerki three-day visit to Ethiopia, his first to the country in 22 years. Nearly after 2 decades, Eritrea reopens its Embassy in #AddisAbaba in the presence of the two leaders. The full normalization of the relations bn #Ethiopia & #Eritrea will create the…

Elephant language of survival

Nowadays Researchers believe that migration is just one survival mechanism elephants have developed in response to poaching, conflict, urbanization, agriculture, and other pressures in Africa. In 2016, one elephant made a treacherous 209 km journey over three weeks from the relative safety of Kenya to conflict-ridden Somalia, all under the cloak of darkness. Morgan, as…

Mogherini inaugurates EU premises in Tripoli

EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini visited Libya today to inaugurate the premises of the European Union Delegation to Libya and the EU Border Assistance Mission in Tripoli, and in view of the Foreign Affairs Council on Monday where the situation in Libya is on the agenda. .@FedericaMog visited Libya today to inaugurate the premises of…

Nigeria to join African free trade area

President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria will soon sign up to an African continental free trade agreement. Buhari made the comment while speaking at a press conference during a visit by South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa. Nigeria's President Buhari says will soon sign African continental free trade agreement https://t.co/fqKhClv1bh pic.twitter.com/ucYJVeiRsE — Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) July 14,…

Arms embargo on South Soudan

The UN. Security Council has narrowly approved drafted by the United States resolution imposing an arms embargo on South Sudan over objections that it could damage African efforts to end the five-year conflict in the world’s newest state. #UPDATE UN Security Council imposes an arms embargo on South Sudan and slaps sanctions on two military…