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London Fashion Week kicks off with brands feeling pressure from activists

London Fashion Week is back, with an increasing share of brands cutting the use of fur and aiming to show off their green credentials. We find out more. But first, we take a closer look at the EU's new €150 billion investment plan for Africa.

France 24

Six African countries to kick off mRNA vaccines production

The WHO said it would work with these countries to develop a roadmap of training and support to produce the jabs.

Al Jazeera

African countries to get mRNA vaccine technology in WHO project

The World Health Organization said on Friday six African countries - Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia - would be the first on the continent to receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines.

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The Independent UK

Malawi detects polio, first wild case in Africa in over 5 years

Malawi has declared a polio outbreak after a case was detected in a young child in the capital Lilongwe, the first case of wild poliovirus in Africa in more than five years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

Reuters

Malawi finds wild polio case; first in Africa in five years

Investigation shows infection is linked to a strain circulating in Pakistan’s Sindh province as WHO sends assistance.

Al Jazeera

EU launches reset with AU after pandemic disruption

The European Union will offer several packages of support at the summit to bolster health and education in Africa.

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After Mali withdrawal: Sahel insecurity, coup contagion dominate EU-AU summit

Europe and Africa already had more than enough in their in-tray going into their first Brussels summit in nearly eight years. Now you can add coup contagion and the pullout of French-led anti-terror forces from Mali. The day began in Paris for key players in the Sahel. Will the crisis…

France 24

Prince William's emotional explanation for proposing to Kate Middleton in Kenya

Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton with his late mother Diana's ring during a romantic holiday in Africa, which 'holds a very special place' in his heart

Daily Mirror

EU praises vaccine cooperation with Africa at summit

European Union leaders have lauded the bloc’s cooperation with Africa on vaccines in the fight against the coronavirus, but there is no sign they will move toward the temporary lifting of intellectual property rights protection for COVID-19 shots

The Independent UK

African leader asks Europe of COVID response: 'Are we equal?'

Sierra Leone's leader challenged Europeans on Thursday to remember there are "human beings on the other side" in Africa who have been left behind in the unequal global response to COVID-19.

Reuters

WTO leader Okonjo-Iweala chosen to address MIT grads

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization, has been named the keynote speaker at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s commencement

The Independent UK

Africa's relations with the EU: a reset is possible if Europe changes its attitude

Summits between the African Union and European Union are essential to setting the big picture agenda of contemporary Africa-EU relations. They also carry weight because of their potential to ensure that African perspectives are also prioritised within the relationship.

The Conversation

The fighting spirit of young African footballers who migrate overseas

When Sadio Mané scored the decisive penalty to secure Senegal’s triumph over Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, Isaak, a professional Ghanaian footballer in his late 20s, could not have been further away from the action. Watching the final online in his room in eastern Thailand, Isaak’s…

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Free of sanctions, Burundi can start to recover and rebuild

Since 2015, crippling sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) and the US have held back the economy of Burundi, a landlocked country of 12.5 million people in east Africa. The sanctions were imposed in response to the government’s violation of human rights as well as violence. We asked professor…

Manchester Evening News

Tiny frog embarks on 5,000 mile journey from Africa to north west - in bunch of bananas

It was found in a bunch of bananas

Asharq Al-Awsat

France and EU to Withdraw Troops from Mali, Remain in Region

President Emmanuel Macron says France will withdraw its troops from Mali but maintain a military presence in neighboring West African nations. Announcing the move during a Thursday news conference in Paris, Macron said, “We cannot remain militarily involved” alongside Malian transitional authorities with whom “we don’t share the strategy and…

Radio France Internationale

EU will have to wait for East Africa regional bloc trade pact

African leaders are meeting in Brussels on Thursday with European leaders for a two-day summit that will inevitably discuss growth and trade. However, signing the long-awaited economic partnership agreement with the East African Community (EAC) regional bloc remains off the agenda, according to the Tanzanian Ministry of Investment, Industry and…

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Al Jazeera

What to expect at the 6th EU-AU Summit

The sixth edition of the European Union-African Union summit aims to move past declarations of intent.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Summit Looks to Boost Strained Ties with Africa

EU and African leaders meet for a two-day summit on Thursday, seeking to reboot ties with pledges of major investment in the face of competition from China and Russia. Relations between the two continents have been hampered by a raft of problems: from disputes over coronavirus vaccines, to curbing illegal…

The Independent UK

France to withdraw troops from Mali, remain in region

President Emmanuel Macron says France will withdraw its troops from Mali but maintain a military presence in neighboring West African nations

Radio France Internationale

Leaders of two continents to meet at AU-EU summit: what to expect?

Observers hope that discussions on thorny issues like vaccine equity, cooperation in security and infrastructural investment will yield some results at the sixth European Union - African Union summit in Brussels on 17 and 18 February.

Foreign Affairs

Africa’s Fossil-Fuel Trap

A Response to “The Divestment Delusion”

Reuters

EU launches reset with Africa after pandemic disruption

The EU welcomed more than 40 African leaders to Brussels on Thursday in an effort to reassert its influence on a continent where China and Russia have made hefty investment inroads, and where many felt let down by Europe's COVID-19 vaccines rollout.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mills Becomes 1st Female Head Coach in Morocco Men’s Hoops

Trailblazing basketball coach Liz Mills has become the first female head coach of a men’s team in Morocco. Mills has been hired by AS Salé, which competes in Morocco's top division, and she is set to be the first female head coach in the Basketball Africa League when the joint…

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