EU to build vaccine-manufacturing hubs in Africa
By: BBC AFRICA
The European Union (EU) intends to invest 1bn euros ($1.2bn; £859m) to build Covid vaccine-manufacturing hubs in Africa.
It will also donate at least 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to low- and middle-income countries by the end of the year, Ursula von...
Project Fame West Africa winner, Jeff, releases new single
Horndiplomat-Ahead of his forthcoming EP, the 2015 winner of Project Fame West Africa music competition, Jeff Akoh, has released a new single titled, ‘Never Let You Go’, a love song.
Jeff. Photo: Jeff Akoh/Facebook
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Jeff has a new love song
His talent...
Is Lebanon on the verge of another conflict?
by Halim Shebaya
Saudi minister of state for Arab Gulf Affairs Thamer al-Sabhan has become a household name in Lebanon.
Last Sunday, Sabhan considered the silence of Lebanon's government and people "bizarre" in relation to "the war on Saudi Arabia" which the "terrorist militia party" Hezbollah is waging.
Two days later, then...
IGAD, Germany Sign 34 Million Euro Grant Agreement
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Germany have signed a 34 million Euros grant agreement during the 46th Ordinary Session of IGAD Council of Ministers being held in Djibouti today (February 27).
The project grant will be used for migration and capacity building.
Chairperson of...
Statement of the Chairperson of the Commission on the Situation in Sudan
Horndiplomat-The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat released Press Statement on the Situation in Sudan.
The following statement was issued today by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC).
Addis Ababa, 11 April 2019: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission,...
Erdoğan: Turkey would continue to stand in full solidarity with Libya
By: Anadolu Agency
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj in Istanbul on Oct. 4.
The closed-door meeting at Vahdettin Mansion, which began at 7.00 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), lasted nearly an hour.
Later, the two sides' delegations also met for an hour and 30 minutes.
During...
Lifting of Travel Ban Sets Off Rush to Reach U.S.
By CAITLIN DICKERSON and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
At a sweltering refugee camp on the Kenya-Somalia border, dozens of Somalis who had cleared all the final security and medical checks to enter the United States were told to prepare themselves for a flight to a new life.
In...
Erdoğan: Macron aims to ‘settle old scores’ with Islam, Muslims
By: Daily Sabah
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized French President Emmanuel Macron’s initiative to reform Islam, saying that he uses the crises his country is responsible for as a reason to attack the religion.
“The main goal of such initiatives led by Macron is to...
Uganda chairman of electoral commission hails the election as a success
By : BBC AFRICA
The chairman of Uganda's electoral commission, Simon Mugenyi Byabakama, has hailed the fiercely contested presidential and parliamentary as a success.
At a news conference in the capital Kampala, he said Ugandans had turned up in large numbers and voted peacefully in spite...
U.S. service member killed in Somalia during an operation against al-Shabab
By Missy Ryan
An American service member was killed during an operation against al-Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia, the U.S. military said Friday.
The incident, which took place Thursday 40 miles west of the capital Mogadishu in an area called Barii, was a part of an intensified American effort to...