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EU Pledges $630m to Africa As Food Crisis Worsens
As the war between Russia and Ukraine rages on, vulnerable countries in Africa and across the globe continue to suffer from a worsening food security crisis. The European Union recently pledged 600 million euros ($630m) to help these countries cope with their new realities. The funds include €150 million ($158m) in humanitarian assistance for African,…
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EU-Nigeria trade rises by 25.8 %
The trade volume between the European Union and Nigeria has increased by 25.8 percent to peak at €28.7 billion in 2021. The EU’s imports from Nigeria stood at €17.5bn, while its exports were valued at €11.2bn, with the trade balance at €6.4bn in favour of Nigeria. The Head of the European Union Delegation to Nigeria…
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EU Blocks Funds To WHO in DRC Over Cases Of Sexual Abuse
The European Union has temporarily blocked funding for the WHO in the DRC, following several accounts of sexual abuse by employees of the organization in the central African country. The European Union’s executive in a statement last Friday said it “has temporarily suspended the payments and will refrain from awarding new funding related to the…
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AstraZeneca Unable To Meet Second-Quarter Vaccine Delivery To EU
According to a report by Bloomberg, AstraZeneca Plc might be unable to supply the agreed number of Covid-19 vaccines to the European Union in the second quarter after the company’s efforts to remedy a slew of problems ran into further trouble. The EU was expecting to receive almost 400 million vaccine doses in total in…