Reimagining Resource-Rich Namibia: Namibia International Energy Conference (NIEC) to Explore Orange Basin Prospects

Namibia expects to produce first oil by 2030, with development plans underway for the eight discoveries made in the Orange Basin since 2022. This string of upstream success will not only create new opportunities for job creation, industrialization and long-term economic growth, but has demonstrated the lucrative potential of offshore oil in southern Africa. Namibia’s recent upstream success and future investment opportunities will be a key focus during the Namibia […]

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APO International

Morocco: His Majesty (HM) the King Congratulates President of Lithuania on National Day

His Majesty King Mohammed VI sent a message of congratulations to president of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, on the occasion of his country's National Day. In this message, the Sovereign expresses His warmest congratulations and sincere wishes of good health and happiness to Nausėda, and of continued progress and prosperity to the friendly Lithuanian people. On this occasion, HM the King voices His satisfaction with the relations of […]

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World

Israeli siege has placed Gazans at risk of starvation − prewar policies made them vulnerable in the first place

Displaced Gazan children wait in line to receive food. Belal Khaled/Anadolu via Getty Images Yara M. Asi, University of Central Florida The stories of hunger emerging from war-ravaged Gaza are stark: People resorting to grinding barely edible cattle feed to make flour; desperate residents eating grass; reports of cats being hunted for food. The numbers involved are just as despairing. The world’s major authority on food insecurity, the IPC Famine […]

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World

Gaza health ministry: 4 die in Israeli-raided hospital after oxygen cut

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said four patients died Friday due to lack of oxygen at one of the war-torn Palestinian territory's few operating hospitals that had been raided by Israeli forces. "The generators of the complex stopped and the power was cut off," the ministry said, raising fears over the fate of six other patients in intensive care and three children in a nursery at the […]

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APO International

“All we want is to go home”: Returnees and refugees fleeing the Sudan crisis speak

As conflict continues unabated in Sudan, the influx of returnees and refugees continues into South Sudan. Ensuring protection and much-needed humanitarian assistance for them has been one of the top priorities for the United Nations family, especially in Renk, a border town in Upper Nile state, where transit centers for temporary relief have been established. However, challenges abound here, as Anita Kiki Gbeho, the newly appointed Deputy Special Representative-Humanitarian (DSRSG) […]

February 16, 2024

APO International

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Unveils Strategic Partnerships to Boost Africa’s Mining Sector

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading instrumental infrastructure solutions provider, has announced several strategic partnerships on the sidelines of the recently concluded 2024 Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town to boost Africa’s mining sector, ushering the continent into a new era of growth and prosperity. Since 2014, AFC has invested over US$1billion in Africa’s mining of precious metals and critical minerals across several countries, and the latest partnerships […]

February 16, 2024

Environment

Rhinos can’t sweat, making them vulnerable to overheating: global warming could wipe them out in southern Africa

By Timothy Randhir, UMass Amherst Southern Africa is home to 22,137 of the world’s 23,432 white and black African rhinos. But they’re facing grave threats because of a warming planet. Now, the first study of how climate change affects rhinos in southern Africa has found that they will cease to exist in the region’s national parks by 2085 if the world takes the worst-case scenario climate change […]

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Opinion Pieces

Israel-Egypt peace treaty has stood the test of time over 45 years: expert explains its significance

By Ofir Winter, Tel Aviv University The peace agreement between Egypt and Israel, signed in 1979 to end hostilities and normalise relations between them, turns 45 on 26 March. The Conversation Africa asked Ofir Winter, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, who studies Egyptian politics and the Arab-Israeli conflict, for his insights on the peace deal and the key challenging moments since it […]

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APO International

Seychelles: Vice-President Afif to attend the African Union Summit

The Vice-President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr. Ahmed Afif, will be representing the President of the Republic, Mr. Wavel Ramkalawan at the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) to be held from 17th to 18th February 2024 at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The upcoming African Union Statutory Summit meeting is to be held under the AU’s 2024 theme “Educate an African […]

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