Chinese President Xi Jinping and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced the elevation of China-Somalia relations to a strategic partnership on Friday. Mohamud is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Xi pointed out that Somalia was the first East African country to establish diplomatic relations with China, and...
MOGADISHU, Somalia – China announced on Friday a package of 200 million yuan ($28 million) grant to support Somalia’s immediate priorities. The announcement came after a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Somalian counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Xi emphasized...
KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — The blood, milk and meat of cattle have long been staple foods for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya, perhaps the country’s most recognizable community. But climate change is forcing the Maasai to contemplate a very different dish: fish. A recent yearslong drought in Kenya killed millions of livestock. While Maasai elders hope the troubles are...
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The impact of global warming is costing African nations up to 5% of their economic output, the United Nations climate chief said on Thursday, calling for more investments to help adapt to climate change. The 54-nation continent, which has borne the brunt of climate change despite releasing far less polluting emissions than...
BEIJING, (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that he did not believe Chinese investments in Africa were pushing the continent into a “debt trap” but were instead part of a mutually beneficial relationship. Ramaphosa made the remarks on the sidelines of a China-Africa summit in Beijing, where delegates from more than 50...
Ethiopia has been embroiled in a diplomatic row with Somalia after striking a deal with breakaway region Somaliland for access to a port on the Gulf of Aden. A recent post on Facebook claims to share a video clip of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed issuing a “stern warning” to both Somalia and Egypt, which...
Toronto – Ethiopian Airlines flights to Asmara which restarted in July 2018 after two decades following rapprochement between Eritrea and Ethiopia is tragically suspended again. Mesfin Tassew, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, on Tuesday spoke to journalists in Addis Ababa highlighting why the flights are suspended. The CEO also noted that it was indicated in the March...
NAIROBI, (Xinhua) — The United Nations-backed Green Climate Fund has approved 151 million U.S. dollars in financing for a major program to address climate resilience in the Horn of Africa, an African lender announced Monday. The program, supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB), will back the bank group’s “Building Climate Resilience for Food and...
ISTANBUL – Beijing is set to host the biggest diplomatic gathering to deliberate the future trajectory of China-Africa ties. Hundreds of officials, bureaucrats, business people, policymakers and thought leaders from China and 48 African nations have converged on Beijing for the three-day 9th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Chinese leader Xi Jinping will deliver a...
(Reuters) – Africa faces an increasingly heavy toll from climate change with many countries having to spend up to 9% of their budgets battling climate extremes, a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report said on Monday. Despite producing far lower greenhouse gas emissions than other continents, Africa’s temperatures have risen more rapidly than the global average....