Nairobi — The African Union and regional economic communities have signed a new agreement to strengthen coordination in the use of the African Standby Force, in a move aimed at improving Africa’s collective response to emerging security threats. The African Union Commission said the AU, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Regional Mechanisms (RMs) signed a…
|The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU), and other key regional blocs have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to streamline the deployment of the African Standby Force (ASF). The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Gen. Birame Diop, signed the agreement on behalf of the West African bloc in…
But partial results suggest the party was losing support for the first time since 2010 when it entered parliament. Sweden has two major political blocs featuring four parties on the right and four on the left – meaning coalition and minority governments are relatively common. On Sunday night, Andersson urged supporters to wait for the…
Why Nairobi? A lot of ink has already been spilled to explain the choice of Kenya to host the upcoming Africa France summit, the first gathering of heads of state from the continent Emmanuel Macron is convening since his election in 2017. But a broader, more geopolitical explanation has largely been overlooked. The origin of…
Addis Ababa — Although Africa has the resources, population, and market potential to become one of the world’s most competitive economic blocs, the continent must first recognize and fully utilize its strengths, according to Elizabeth E. Onwuchekwa, Director-General of the Pan-African AU Agenda 2063 Diplomatic Mission. In an exclusive interview with ENA, Onwuchekwa, said Africa…
A new scramble for Africa is underway. It is not marked by warships or colonial flags, but by battery supply chains, green transition targets, and high-level trade delegations. The race is for lithium, cobalt, graphite, manganese, platinum group metals and rare earth elements — the minerals powering electric vehicles, renewable energy systems and digital infrastructure….
