Africa

Like the EU, the AU also envisions monetary union, as well as various infrastructural, policy, and cultural integration efforts.
Thoughts

Africans need more seats at the tables of power

Turn the G-20 into the G-21 by adding the African Union

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Africa

13 million face hunger as Horn of Africa drought worsens: UN

People show their support for the military after they deposed President Kabore outside state Television RTB headquarter in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 24, 2022. Photo :Reuters
Africa

West African leaders to hold summit after latest coups

Combines harvest wheat in the Novovodolazhsky district of Ukraine's Kharkiv region on July 25, 2017. PAVLO PAKHOMENKO/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES/Foreign Policy
Analysis

A Russia-Ukraine war could ripple across Africa and Asia

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Africa

Gunmen kill more than 50 in Nigeria's northwest, residents say

A view of deserted roads during a lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Coronavirus chronicle

Malaysia lifts African travel ban, cuts booster wait amid omicron fears

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Economy

Contract farming in Africa in talks, again

A health worker administers a vaccine during the launch of the South African leg of a global Phase III trial of Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccination of children and adolescents, in Pretoria, South Africa, September 10, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Africa

'Extreme' vaccine discrimination risks leaving Africa behind - report

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

No boarding pass for those returning from Africa: FM

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Coronavirus chronicle

Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, confirms first Omicron cases

A sign advertises coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, US, November 22, 2021. Photo: Reuters
USA

US does not impose new Omicron testing for passengers from southern Africa

People wait before check-in counters at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on June 17 as the airport resumed some international flights. Photo: Japan Times
World+Biz

Japan tightening border controls on three more African countries - Foreign Ministry

The national flag of Oman. Photo: Collected
Coronavirus chronicle

Oman bans travellers from 7 southern African states over Covid variant