Tag: Africa Observatory – Issue 6
UNICEF Reports on East and South Africa
The report includes statistics on displacement in the region, as well as situations related to the needs of district citizens and refugees such as...
Germany Withholds Aid for Uganda
The German government has decided to withhold €100 million of funds it had pledged to the country for refugee resettlement annually. In 2018, the...
Libya’s Evacuees Fret about Those Left Behind
Refugees in Libya who were told this week they are to be given passage to Italy have expressed concern for those left behind in...
UNHCR Published an Update Report on Libya
According to the report, since April 4, more than 82,000 people were displaced due to the conflicts in and around Tripoli. In addition to...
Tunisia Prepares to Host Refugees Fleeing Libya
Officials working for international organizations and institutions visited the border areas of Tunisia to examine the resources available ahead of the potential mass arrival...
The Africa Continent Produces 75% of World’s Cocoa And Only Get’s 2% Of the...
If Africa produces 75% of the world’s cocoa then surely this great continent should be flowing with the riches, with somewhere around 75% of...
Advancing a Resilient and Sustainable U.S.-Africa Partnership
Corporate Council on Africa and the Government of Mozambique will host the 12th U.S. Africa Business Summit on June 18 - 21, 2019 in...
Eritrea, Nigeria, Benin: Outsiders from Africa Free-Trade Zone, AfCFTA
A lot is being said and celebrated about the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, in the wake of its maturity on Thursday (May...
UN Renews Arms Embargo on South Sudan
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday newed a one-year-old arms embargo on South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation. Despite resistance from South...
Are Africans’ Freedoms Slipping Away?
Protection of individual rights and liberties has been on both the African continental agenda and the global agenda for decades, shaped especially by the...
