DRC: EU diplomacy awaiting for Council decisions

Brussels 20.02.2025 The EU diplomacy is awaiting the decisions of the Council of the Foreign ministers, which is scheduled for February 24, Monday. Today, in spite of the rapidly degrading situation in North Kivu, DRC, the spokesperson of the European Commission said there are no updates so far, but the talks, exploring different paths are…

Africa’ $3 trillion free-trade zone

African leaders agreed to form a $3 trillion continental free-trade zone encompassing 1.2 billion people, but its two biggest economies, Nigeria and South Africa, declined to join. The African Union launched talks in 2015 to establish a 55-nation bloc that would be the biggest in the world by number of participating states, aiming to increase…