Africa

Less talk, more action from the G7 on climate change

June 25, 2022 4:43 pm

Leaders meeting starting Sunday in Bavaria turn to carrots rather than sticks to push global climate efforts.

The G7 conundrum: How hard should you push China in a crisis?

June 25, 2022 12:17 pm

America will arrive at the Bavarian G7 summit with upgraded plans to try to reduce Beijing’s political and commercial reach.

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Addressing inequity in vaccine access

June 20, 2022 5:00 am

Success in the response to future pandemics will depend on global access to vaccines and other health technologies

African Union chief urges EU to ease food payments to Russia

June 19, 2022 1:32 pm

‘We ask the Europeans for the same mechanism as for gas and oil,’ Macky Sall tells Le Journal du Dimanche.

Race against time to unlock Ukraine’s trapped grain

June 18, 2022 10:50 am

Western governments are scrambling to bolster a patchwork of land routes to export the grain before the summer harvest.

Commentary

Belgium gambles on Congo’s President Tshisekedi

June 16, 2022 4:04 am

Brussels is trying to make amends for its past actions in the Congo, but risks legitimizing a contested president.

Poland says Biden’s plan to export Ukrainian grain ‘interesting’ but will take months

June 15, 2022 7:23 pm

US president proposed building temporary silos on the Polish-Ukrainian border to move crucial goods stuck amid Russia’s invasion.

India takes WTO hostage as key talks drag into overtime

June 15, 2022 7:04 pm

First major WTO meeting in five years is at risk of failure, diplomats fear.

The next hole in UK’s Rwanda asylum plan: Conflict in Congo

June 15, 2022 9:34 am

In a dramatic military escalation, Kinshasa accuses Kigali of backing a rebel group and seizing a border town.

Biden: US to build silos on Poland border to export Ukrainian grain

June 14, 2022 7:26 pm

US and Western officials have been exploring efforts to build temporary silos in Ukraine and other nations as a means to quickly scale up grain storage capacity in Ukraine.

Second Trump term would push warming past dangerous limit, warns UN climate chief

June 13, 2022 3:55 pm

Outgoing Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa reflects on surviving cancer, Trump and the state of climate talks in an exit interview with POLITICO.

Black Sea bullshit: Kyiv battles Russia’s lies on the food crisis

June 8, 2022 10:43 pm

Moscow has a parallel version of events in which Ukraine is responsible for the closure of the port of Odesa.

In Congo, Belgian king tries to move past the past

June 8, 2022 7:57 pm

The royal couple is on a weeklong visit that both countries hope will mark the beginning of a new chapter.

No deal yet with Russia or Turkey to unblock Black Sea, Ukraine says

June 7, 2022 10:53 pm

Kremlin’s Sergey Lavrov will hold talks with Turkish foreign minister in Ankara on Wednesday.

Scholz, once again, defends Germany over Ukraine support, Putin talks

June 7, 2022 6:24 pm

‘Nobody supplies [weapons] on a similar scale as Germany does,’ German chancellor says, despite evidence to the contrary.

Belgian king’s Congo challenge: Don’t do anything to cause trouble

June 7, 2022 4:03 am

King Philippe urged not to lend legitimacy to Congo’s controversial president.

British Council criticized for handling of discrimination complaints in Kenya

June 6, 2022 4:00 am

Staff say complaints of discrimination and harassment dating back five years have not been dealt with adequately.

Senegalese president buys into Putin’s promise to free Ukraine’s grain

June 3, 2022 7:20 pm

Macky Sall calls on countries to lift sanctions on Russian wheat and fertilizers — even though there aren’t any.

Slovak PM calls for a security guarantor for Ukraine grain exports

June 3, 2022 6:34 pm

Reopening Ukraine’s maritime ports is the only way of exporting grains stuck in the country, says Eduard Heger.

Commentary

Why African states are reluctant to pick sides on Ukraine

June 3, 2022 4:01 am

With the looming food crisis, leaders are desperately looking for practical solutions — not a blame game.

Zelenskyy: Ukraine grain blockade will spark famine, migration

June 2, 2022 4:14 pm

Europe should brace for the result of a ‘catastrophic rise in prices of basic products’ caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine, says president.

African Union leader Macky Sall to meet Putin on Friday to ‘free cereal stocks’

June 2, 2022 10:12 am

Russia is blocking exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.

Lumumba’s tooth: Belgium’s unfinished reckoning with its colonial past

June 2, 2022 4:03 am

The remains of Congo’s independence leader are forcing the country’s colonizer to confront its brutal history.

Don’t fall for Russian lies on food crisis, EU warns Africa

May 31, 2022 7:07 pm

Africa and the Middle East are highly vulnerable to impending crisis sparked by the war.

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