Erdoğan calls for a fairer world, urges Africa to act together
By:Daily Sabah
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday underlined that Western countries for years exploited the continent of Africa for their own interests and reiterated his message for a fairer world by calling the oppressed to act together for this aim.
Erdoğan on Monday held...
Global Experts Release Guide on Fall Armyworm Management, a Critical Global Security Threat in Africa
The pest could cause extensive maize yield losses, estimated between $3.6 and $6.2 billion per year across the 12 major African maize producing countries
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 6, 2018/ -- In 2016, an invasive crop pest called the fall armyworm (FAW) was first confirmed...
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar tell of trauma
By:Maher Sattar
Some hid in rice fields, others ate only leaves while making the long journey by foot across the border into Bangladesh.
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - Outside this town by the Bay of Bengal, we kept bumping into fresh arrivals when we visited the camps for...
Can the U.S. and China get along in Africa ? Top Commander urges military cooperation after Beijing opens base in Djibouti
China's opening of a military facility in Djibouti just a few miles from a U.S. base should spark a new era of cooperation between the two countries in Africa, according to the top U.S. commander on the continent.
Beijing formally opened its first overseas military...
Analyst: Robert Mugabe’s political support was a ‘facade’
Zimbabwe's ruling party has told Robert Mugabe that he must resign as president of the country by midday on Monday, or face impeachment. The ultimatum given to the veteran leader, who has been in power for 37 years, came five days after the military...
Turkish court seizes Gulen properties
Horndiplomat-A criminal court in southern Turkey on Friday seized properties belonging to Fetullah Gulen, the U.S.-based preacher accused of masterminding the defeated July 15 coup.
No details of the property or properties seized were given.
Turkey's government says the coup attempt, which left 240 people martyred...
Ethiopia, Korea Eximbank $264mln Loan Agreements
By:Fana
Addis Ababa, April 22, 2019 –Ethiopia and Korea Eximbank have signed two concessional loan agreements amounting to 264 million US dollars.
The first loan amounting to170 million US dollars will be used for the southern extension of the national electricity grid power transmission project.
The second...
South Sudan:Salva Kiir, Riek Machar sign final power-sharing deal
South Sudanese arch-foes signed a final power-sharing deal on Sunday, aimed at ending a civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions in the world's youngest country.
President Salva Kiir and his bitter rival Riek Machar were in neighbouring Sudan...
Why Saudi Arabia and Egypt are competing for influence in Africa
CAIRO — Some Middle Eastern countries are showing a great deal of interest in Africa these days, and although Africa seems to welcome the attention, it can do without the drama.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia, in particular, have extended their drive for influence in the Mideast by competing in...
Boris Johnson wins race to become UK’s next prime minister
Horndiplomat- Boris Johnson elected as the new U.K. Prime Minister. Johnson, 55, beats Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to the post.
The former Mayor of London replaces Theresa May who resigned in May having failed to secure Brexit from the European Union.
This is a developing story,...
