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Africa: Legal Nuances of Doing Business international forum kicked off in Minsk

The international forum – Africa: Legal Nuances of Doing Business – ... reports Experts from Egypt, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Russia and Belarus ...

29.10.2024
Africa , Minsk , conference

4.4bn+ people on Earth deprived of permanent access to clean water

... South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 75 percent ...

17.10.2024
water , Africa , Asia

Co-operation between Belarus and SADC discussed in Botswana

As sb.by learned from the Foreign Ministry, on October 15th, 2024, Igor Bely, the Belarusian Ambassador in South Africa, and Elias Magosi, the Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), met in Gaborone (Botswana) at the Community’s headquarters Photo: foreign Ministry The parties discussed prospects for the Belarus – SADC relations, the schedule for further contacts, and the progress of farming mechanisation programmes in the Community’s member states.

17.10.2024
Belarus , Africa , international relations

India announced plans to build its first defence enterprise abroad

Indian industrial conglomerate Tata Group will build a large military production plant in Morocco, TASS reports Photo: www.freepik.com It is reported that the plant will be the first defence enterprise built by India abroad. The Casablanca facility, which is planned to be built by Tata Group-owned Tata Advanced Systems LTD, will produce armoured vehicles for the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces. In the long term, it will supply its products to other African countries.

15.10.2024
india , africa , military production

BelCCI: Belarus interested in increasing trade and economic co-operation with African countries

... co-operation between Belarus and Africa. “World Bank forecasts suggest that ... GDP growth of Sub-Saharan Africa will make 3.9 percent ... is much agricultural land in Africa that can be processed,” he ...

02.10.2024
Africa , BelCCI , co-operation

Extreme heat could make West Africa and South Asia unlivable in future

... , in a few years, West Africa and South Asia could become ...

18.09.2024
Africa , South Asia , US , climate change , extreme heat

7.3m+ people became refugees in West Africa due to military conflicts

Over 7.3 million West Africans have become refugees as a result of armed conflicts and natural disasters – as stated by Damtien L. Tchintchibidja, the Vice President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), TASS reports Photo: www.reuters.com The Guardian quoted the official as saying, “There are currently about 7,337,979 forcibly displaced persons due to conflicts, violence, and disasters in the ECOWAS region, including 6,526,928 internally displaced ...

06.09.2024
africa , refugees

Distance is not a hindrance

... — industrial co-operation and outsourcing. Africa is a promising market in ... country than most countries in Africa and Latin America. We can ... many countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America have already ...

04.09.2024
Belarus , co-operation , far arc countries , Africa , Latin America , export , potential , foreign markets

DR Congo urgently needs 3m doses of mpox vaccine to stop outbreak

The Democratic Republic of the Congo urgently needs 3 million doses of the mpox vaccine (the new name for monkey pox) to stop the outbreak of this disease in the country – as noted by Congolese Minister of Health Samuel-Roger Kamba, TASS reports photo: www.reuters.com “We need to receive 3 million doses of the mpox vaccine to vaccinate 2.5 million people in the most affected areas. We believe that this amount will be enough to stop the spread of the disease,” the official is quoted as saying ...

30.08.2024
Africa , Congo , mpox , vaccine

Bloc factor

... countries in Latin America and Africa no longer unequivocally support the ...

22.08.2024
geopolitics , west , USA , NATO , Europe , Russia , Belarus , China , Africa , blocs , raw materials , production , resources

War over resources

... and continues to do in Africa. The most striking case is ... world’s cobalt, while being Africa’s first and the world ...

15.08.2024
world , natural resources , minerals , fight , armed conflicts , Ukraine , Africa , Democratic Republic of the Congo , coltan , lithium

African countries actively buying gold, losing confidence in US currency

Increasing numbers of African countries are buying gold into their state reserves in order to protect themselves from currency losses, fearing that the United States will use the US Dollar as an instrument of pressure, TASS reports Photo: www.freepik.com It is noted that, in 2024, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and South Sudan have taken steps to increase their gold reserves. A month ago, the Central Bank of Uganda unveiled a programme to purchase gold from local artisanal ...

26.07.2024
Africa , US , gold

Media: US struggle against terrorism in West Africa failed

... to fight terrorism in West Africa, financed from the US state ... to a swath of West Africa to help French forces stop ... the coastal countries of West Africa – Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire ... the US is reconsidering its approach. Thus, instead of its own ...

12.06.2024
US , Africa , terrorism

Lukashenko congratulated African Union Chairman on Africa Day

... government of the continent on Africa Day, sb.by reports with ... noted by the Belarusian leader, Africa, without exaggeration, plays a very ... of state and government of Africa peace, health and success in ...

27.05.2024
Lukashenko , President , congratulation , Africa

Africa to host its first UN Civil Society Conference

The 69th UN Civil Society Conference will be held in Nairobi and will be attended by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Kenyan President William Ruto and about 2,000 representatives of NGOs, educational and scientific institutions and governments, TASS reports photo: www.reuters.com “For the first time, the conference will be held in the Global South. 70 percent out of the 2,000 participants, representatives of NGOs, are Africans, and 41 percent of them are young people,” Head of the UN ...

08.05.2024
Africa , UN

Africa’s first monument dedicated to USSR victory in Great Patriotic War to be unveiled in Zimbabwe

... memorial exposition,” Mr. Muzawazi said. “Africa well remembers that it was ... the fight against colonialism in Africa, which explains its place on ... is that the decolonisation of Africa has not yet been completed ... said. “There are islands around Africa that still belong to Great ...

02.05.2024
Africa , monument , USSR , Great Patriotic War

Niger plans to revoke Canadian company’s uranium mining license

Ecofin agency reported that the government of the Republic of Niger is going to revoke the license to mine uranium ore from the Canadian company GoviEx, TASS reports photo: www.reuters.com It is noted that since the Canadian company was issued a mining license in 2015, Niger is still awaiting the promised start of uranium ore mining there. The authorities have said they will revoke the license if production does not begin by June 3rd, 2024. In line with Article 39 of the Niger Mining Code, the ...

23.04.2024
Niger , Canada , uranium , Africa

Libya tops oil production in Africa

... become the first country in Africa in terms of oil production ... the top oil producer in Africa: 1.24 million barrels per ...

19.04.2024
libya , Nigeria , Africa , oil

South Africa has highest number of millionaires in Africa

The Republic of South Africa ranks first among African countries ... information is provided in the Africa Wealth Report 2024 by the ... people make a fortune in Africa and then move to other ... and 33 billionaires have left Africa over the past decade. Most ... in the Republic of South Africa, 102 people with a fortune ... are 342 people living in Africa who have a fortune of ...

18.04.2024
Africa , millionaires , billionaires , Republic of South Africa

Canadian company mined 9+ tonnes of gold in Africa in Q1 2024

... gold in five mines in Africa, with the largest Loulo-Gounkoto ... tonnes of gold from Kibali – Africa’s largest mine complex, located ... 40 tonnes of gold in Africa this year.

18.04.2024
Africa , gold , Canada , extraction

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