Brussels 13.12.2021 Today the Foreign affairs ministers will hold a comprehensive discussion on EU-Africa relations, touching on the overall situation on the continent and the challenges it faces in fields such as: security, development, demographic growth, health, democratic evolution, and engagement at a multilateral level. South Africa’s president has condemned travel bans enacted against his…
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EU expects negotiated solution for Ethiopia Grand Dam
Brussels 26.10.2020 The European diplomacy fully supports the efforts of South Africa, the African Union chair, to conclude talks between Egypt-Ethiopia-Sudan on Renaissance Dam on Blue Nile with a successful agreement to advantage of all inhabitants of the Blue Nile basin. #EU diplomacy is looking forward to an agreement between Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia to open access to…
SA: Ramaphosa on farm murders
12.10.2020 South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa urged not to use murders of white farmers to inflame racial tensions by falsely equating them with ethnic cleansing, a week after a farm killing stoked violent protests. South Africa's Ramaphosa warns against using farm murders to stoke racial hatred https://t.co/DUCh9ah67V — Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) October 12, 2020 The…
South Africa slide to failed state
South Africa faces a precipitous economic and political collapse by 2030 unless it changes its economic model and implements growth-friendly policies, according to Eunomix Business & Economics Ltd. (Image above: courtesy UN photo). South Africa is heading toward becoming a failed state, group says https://t.co/ba6H1zuKyf — Bloomberg Africa (@BloombergAfrica) September 10, 2020 Using a range…
South Africa confirms 1st COVID19
South Africa confirms first case of coronavirus, according to Health ministry. President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that the coronavirus will turn into a “national crisis” and its impact will be “huge“. #CoronaVirusOutbreak https://t.co/Hc9e8BwYq9 — Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 (@CyrilRamaphosa) March 5, 2020 His warning came after the first case of the coronavirus was detected in South…
Ramaphosa chairs African Union
President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially assumed chairmanship of the African Union at the 33rd summit of heads of state and government at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa assumed the one-year revolving presidency of the African Union (AU) on Sunday. https://t.co/Kxh65LBjiR — Daily Africa News (@dafricanews) February 9, 2020 This will be the…
Buhari to visit S.Africa amid crisis
Nigerian high commissioner is recalled and a special envoy will be send to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to address recent xenophobic attacks during urban violence outbreaks, said Information Minister Lai Mohammed at a press briefing in Abuja. Nigeria to recall its top diplomat to South Africa -information minister https://t.co/RdimuyEk5R pic.twitter.com/xjksjoK821 — Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) September…
G7 focus on Africa
“Let me also say that the EU has concrete proposals for Africa. We are keeping our longstanding commitment to the Global Fund against AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, and we will contribute 550 million euros to the replenishment of the Fund. This means that our overall involvement will exceed 1 billion euros” said the president of the…
Ramaphosa sworn as South Africa President
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to attain “hope and renewal” as he was inaugurated at a stadium in the capital Pretoria. President #Ramaphosa: And I pledge here today that I will serve you, I will work with you, side by side, to build the South Africa that we all want and deserve. A new…
S.Africa ensures minimum wage
South Africa’s new national minimum wage will take effect from January 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, ensuring workers earn $1.42 an hour. “We are here to declare that from the 1st of January in 2019, the national minimum wage shall be introduced. No worker in South Africa may be paid below the national minimum wage,”…
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