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OTAN accused of migrants Death
According to the MIGREUROP’s report and press conference that took place in Paris this Thursday, 2012-11-09, five immigrants per day life-lost in 2011 in...
EU agencies promote Aquaculture to fight against hunger in poor countries
An international initiative to create awareness on the role of aquaculture in food security in poor countries has been launched; the program will bring...
Homosexuality: Tension between Cameroon and European Union
The European Union (EU) has given more than 300,000€ in funding for gay rights associations in Cameroon. Opposed to these grants, the government argues...
Firefox ranked most popular browser in Europe
For the first time in a decade, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is no longer the leading Web browser in Europe, ceding the position to Mozilla’s...
Euro satellite for web connections launches
The second European satellite dedicated to delivering broadband internet connections has launched successfully.
The six-tonne Ka-Sat lifted off atop a Proton rocket from Baikonur in...
Citigroup fears new wave of eurozone bank failures
Professor Willem Buiter, the bank’s chief economist and a former UK rate-setter, said the eurozone is paralysed by a "game of chicken" between the...
European artists depict religious figures as African
Over the centuries, European artists depicted a variety of religious figures as African. The most famous examples: Christmas art of the Three Kings, or...
Snow wreaks havoc on European travel
Air and rail passengers across Europe faced huge disruption to their Christmas travel plans at the weekend as snowfalls in the UK, France and...
Libya: Sudan president out of Africa-European summit
The African Union has decided to exclude Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir from the forth-coming European Union-African Union summit in order to prevent a protest...
The Africa-EU Partnership must be enforced: What civil society expects of the Tripoli Summit
The Joint Africa- EU Strategy is an important instrument to strengthen the partnership between the two continents. However, the Strategy can only be successful...
Sustainable environmental development in Africa gets international backing
South African researchers are benefitting from a unique partnership between NASA and agencies in Africa and Europe that is sending more than 30 terabytes...
Morocco to host World Economic Forum on MENA
Morocco is preparing to host The World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is expected to bring together policymakers,...
Rwanda attracts mixed feelings over progress
Rwanda’s progress since the genocide of 1994 has been remarkable and is a testament to the people in facing and overcoming staggering challenges, a...
Guinea-Bissau: EU and U.S. lose war against crime?
The European Union has given up on its mission to build a stable democracy in Guinea-Bissau just two years after it launched a mission...
Zimbabwe: Diplomatic row begins after Mugabe’s funeral comments
Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi Tuesday summoned three Western ambassadors to his office and demanded an
explanation of their walk out on President Mugabe...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s undiplomatic speech angers officials
A damaging diplomatic row was brewing in Harare Monday with western
diplomats indicating that they would leave Zimbabwe after President
Mugabe told them to ‘go to...
Omar el-Bashir, a source of African-European conflict?
Sudanese President al-Bashir is still in Chad where he is attending a summit of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD). The European Union (EU)...
Ethiopia: European Investment Bank’s clarification of involvement in Gibe 3 project
The European Investment Bank confirms that it is no longer involved in the Gibe III hydroelectric project as the Ethiopian government has found alternative...
Ethiopia allocated €15 million by EC
Today, the European Commission has adopted a €15 million aid package to address a critical food security situation in Ethiopia where an estimated 5.2...
Libya and Spain discuss controversial immigration pact
Libya and Spain have met ahead of an African and European summit to discuss the development of Africa and the control of illegitimate immigration...
Libya: Gaddafi coerces Europe
A Swiss businessman Max Göldi who had been held in a Libyan jail since July 2008, following the arrest of Hannibal, son of Muammar...
Fashionable burqas or a political statement
Custom made burqas that would make anyone go gaga! A U.S. online store, Zarinas.Com, which since 2007 has been specialising in the sale of...
EU military in Uganda to train Somalis
100 soldiers from European Union countries are in Uganda to train Somali soldiers in street fighting and other military tactics. More trainers are expected...
Ethiopia: Election results causes international stir
The United States has warned Ethiopia to reform its electoral process to be more inclusive of all groups or risk diplomatic strains with the...
Malawi could lose millions in aid after gay verdict
Malawi risks forfeiting its annual aid donations from the United Kingdom and other western partners if it does not reverse the court verdict of...
Cameroon: World leaders and Nobel Peace Prize winners debate Africa’s future
“Africa is a sleeping giant that is about to be awoken” Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations told an audience in...
Africa’s cultural heritage treasure war with Europe
Looting, museumification, restitution... African cultural heritage experts are calling out ... and rebelling. Egypt, the instigator of an international protest movement has, for several...
The imminent death of Radio in Europe
Ever heard of digital radio broadcasting? Not being able to answer to the affirmative will not come as a surprise to anyone. For years,...
EU backed Somali forces begin training in Uganda
Arrangements for European Union (EU) to train some 2000 Somali troops in Uganda have been finalized.
Tuesday, a plane started ferrying some of the Somali...
Swaziland: Denmark begged to impose targetted sanctions
A banned opposition party in the tiny kingdom of Swaziland has begged the international community to impose ‘targeted sanctions’ on the ruling elite in...