According to reporting by the EU Observer the EU appears set to rebuild its presence in Africa’s Sahel region after national governments confirmed the appointment of a new chief diplomat in the region on Wednesday. Ministers have confirmed Portugal’s former foreign minister, João Gomes Cravinho, as special representative for the Sahel.
Samih Sawiris, the Egyptian billionaire and CEO of Orascom, a Cairo-based infrastructure and construction giant, is pursuing a $400 million
Egypt’s Foreign Minister has criticized Israel’s seizure of Syrian territory on the Israeli border after the fall of
This last year was one of the most tumultuous for the Sahel region; in January the newly composed Alliance of
Doctors Without Borders, known also as MSF, has warned of a ‘rapidly escalating’ outbreak of cholera; a total of 737
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