development

A selection of the most important news related to Africa, Asia, and Europe found in different media outlets from around the world

June 28, 2019
In March 2019, Italy became the first large economy to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – an infrastructure […]
China Briefing,
May 16, 2019
The European Commission makes available €4.2 million under the External Investment Plan to help banks in Africa and the European Neighbourhood to better assist underfinanced sectors […]
Modern Diplomacy,
May 14, 2019
History is replete with people’s failures to anticipate the impact of technological change. Are we making the same mistake with financial technology (fintech)? Could it, in […]
WEF,
May 9, 2019
President Trump should visit Africa in 2019 and engage in regional summits and bilateral meetings. That would encourage American investors and business leaders to shift toward […]
The Hill,
May 2, 2019
Over a thousand people are stricken with cholera as supplies of clean water run out. Volunteers and Mozambique’s medical services are trying to vaccinate almost a […]
The Africa Report,
April 17, 2019
While the U.S. and China are trying to outdo each other with import tariffs and the U.K. wants to break away from the European Union, African […]
Bloomberg,
April 10, 2019

EU Security Strategy in Sahel Focused on Security-Development Nexus

“Security in the Sahel is also security in Europe,” according to Ambassador Angel Losada Fernandez, the EU Special Representative for the Sahel. In this interview with […]
Africa Center for Strategic Studies ,
April 8, 2019
A quarter of a century after the April 1994 genocide, Rwanda is prospering. The tiny, landlocked land with a population of little more than 12 million […]
DW,
March 26, 2019
International tourists traveling to emerging countries often inject similar amounts of wealth into national economies as private and public sector investments and development assistance from foreign […]
Brookings,