Ryan Short, a partner at Genesis Analytics, explores five trends to look for in Africa’s business world for the rest of the year 2022. He touches on achieving “net zero” in greenhouse gas emissions, ESG and impact, the EU’s green taxonomy, and more. He concludes giving some advice to African negotiators ahead of the COP27…
ABSTRACT Leaders of military coups routinely deny that their actions amount to a coup, often labelling them as revolutions or even constitutional successions. These attempts to muddy the waters occasionally succeed in prompting discussions over whether the military’s actions truly amount to a coup. But does the label matter? Does public support for military intervention…
DENVER — (AFRICA NEWS MATTERS) Recently we learned Denver International Airport (DIA) and the city of Denver, fondly called the mile-high city, in the US state of Colorado, have begun exploring possibilities for direct flights to continental Africa. DIA has set up a team that is working on this initiative called Denver Air Service Committee. …
From Andrew Morson, New Orleans, LA, US
As countries have struggled with disease and death throughout the
The Africa director at the World Health Organization on Thursday
Pope Francis reflects during the General Audience on his weekend visit to Malta, noting that “the dominant logic are the strategies of the most powerful countries to affirm their own interests.” Read all
After settling a lawsuit filed during the Trump administration, the Fish and Wildlife Service granted six permits to bring elephant parts into the country. It may approve more in the coming months. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service informed some hunters last month that it would allow the import of six elephant trophies into the…
Civil society groups had criticized the proposal as an attempt to expand presidential power and strengthen the elite’s grip on national politics. NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s top court on Thursday quashed an initiative by the president to amend the Constitution, dealing a major blow to a plan that could have cemented his ability to shape the…
The UN and partners on Thursday launched a $1.7 billion Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for South Sudan, to meet the needs of some 6.8 million vulnerable people this year.