Latest in Tag: africa Highlight
Latest in Tag: africa
Fahmy meets Tanzanian president ahead of Congo visit
Interim foreign minister on tour to Nile Basin Countries of Tanzania and Congo
Update: Fahmy visits DRC and Tanzania
Interim foreign minister discusses Egypt’s water share with Tanzanian counterpart; prepares for COMESA summit
Fahmy visits DRC and Tanzania
Interim foreign minister tours Nile Basin Countries; prepares for COMESA summit
Deputy foreign minister travels to West Africa
The visit reflects Egypt’s keenness on developing relations with all African countries and not only Nile Basin countries, says foreign ministry spokesman
Fleeing traders plunge C. Africa into food crisis
A study conducted by the two groups showed that only 10 remained, less than a year after a coup touched off a deadly cycle of sectarian violence.
Female Genital Mutilation affects 140m women
Practice still widespread in Africa, parts of Asia
Mansour updates African leaders ahead of AU meeting on Egypt
African Union Peace and Security Council to discuss panel’s report on Egypt
Egypt ‘surprised’ by exclusion from US-Africa summit
AFP – Egypt said on Wednesday it was “very surprised” by a decision by its longtime US ally to exclude it from a high-profile African summit being convened by President Barack Obama. Egypt joins international pariahs Sudan and Zimbabwe in the short list of African countries not among the 47 invited to the August get-together. US officials said …
Fahmy meets Moroccan counterpart
Morocco congratulates Egypt on the results of the referendum and seeks economic and political cooperation
EU-Africa envoy visits ahead of summit
Summit in April looks to strengthen cooperation towards “strategic partnership of equals”
The rise of civil society groups in Africa
By André-Michel Essoungou Under the glaring sun of a recent Monday, an unusual group of protesters marched on the streets of Kampala, Uganda’s capital. All dressed in black “to mourn the loss of Uganda’s public money through corruption,” as some of them pointedly explained to reporters. “Return our money and resign,” read one of the …
Yaya Toure named African Footballer of Year
Egyptian legend Mohamed Aboutrika beat compatriot Ahmed Fathy and Sunday Mba from Nigeria to win the best Player based in Africa.
$4.8bn investment deal signed in South Korea
Petrochemical plant will be constructed in Ain Sokhna and is expected to create 20,000 jobs during construction and a further 20,000 jobs to operate the plant once built
African philanthropists push for prosperity
By Kingsley Ighobor Last July, US President Barack Obama set the spark for his Power Africa programme that will help sub-Saharan African countries build power production and transmission projects and double their access to electricity. President Obama announced in Cape Town, South Africa, his plan to mobilise $16bn for investments that will generate 10,000 megawatts …
Music can change the world
Music has always been regarded as a catalyst for social change. In this report for Africa Renewal, Dana Da Silva writes that African music is evolving in a way that it is becoming entertainment-oriented and less of a tool to mobilise against society’s ills.
Hockey team first loss in African Nations Cup
Egyptian hockey team must beat Ghana after losing to South Africa to advance to world cup finals
Simple invention brokers peace between humans and wildlife
An eleven year-old invents a device to save his family’s cattle from lions
Egypt to emphasise development cooperation at Africa-Arab Summit
Interim President heads delegation to Kuwait for high-level summit titled “Partners in Investment and Development”
The forgotten plight of the girl combat soldier
By Dr Cesar Chelala For the past few decades girls have become unwilling warriors or sex partners for soldiers throughout the world. It is estimated that, between 1990 and 2003, girls as young as 13 served in military and paramilitary groups in 55 countries and participated in armed conflict in 38 of those countries. At …
Fahmy travels to Kuwait for Arab-African Summit
The Third Arab-African Summit is scheduled to commence on Tuesday
Red Devils take Africa
Red Devils clinch record 8th African Champions League title
The presidency is keen on issuing the Protest Law: Presidential spokesman
Turkish PM’s “narrow partisan views are pushing relations with Turkey to a path we wanted to avoid,” says Badawy in a press conference
Senegal visit is first step into West Africa: Fahmy
Foreign Minister scheduled to travel to Spain before returning to Egypt
Fahmy travels to Senegal to strengthen ties
Egypt continues to build on relationships with African nations in visit to Senegal
Nile water issue is not a ‘zero-sum game’: Fahmy
Interim foreign minister says Egypt respects the aspirations of the Nile Basin countries and their people
Educate girls to alleviate poverty
By Dr Cesar Chelala Inequality and unequal access to education holds millions of girls and women back across the world. While the “gender gap” in education has narrowed over the past decade, girls are still at a disadvantage, particularly in getting access to high school education. And women still constitute two-thirds of the world’s illiterate …
Fahmy continues diplomatic efforts in UNGA
Fahmy meets more diplomats from across the world and discusses disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation among other issues in New York
African World Cup Qualifiers: The Final Showdown
Egypt is in the second seed for the draw, expects to face one of five first-seeded teams
Aboutrika celebrates 100th cap in a goal bonanza
The playmaker scores once and assists twice in Egypt’s 4-2 win over Guinea
A Nubian wedding
Nubian wedding traditions are alive and well in West Aswan