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Photo: A view of Morocco. Source: High Atlas Foundation.

Sub-Saharan African Migration into Morocco

Viewpoint by Max Berengaut*

MARRAKECH (IDN) — Entering Morocco, Sub-Saharan African migrants find themselves at a crossroads. There is the promise of an economic future waiting for them in Europe, but the path to it is perilous. They require either an assurance of asylum status or some familial relationship with a European in order to enter Europe without any problems. Unfortunately, many will have neither, forcing them into dangerous and irregular means of entry into Europe, or at times leading them to stay in Morocco.

: Africa & ME Editor; THE WORLD; Africa; 18 July 2021

Photo: The German learning platform openHPI makes it possible to absorb up-to-date, comprehensibly conveyed university knowledge on information technology and innovation topics from any location at any time - in several languages. Credit: HPI

Free Online Learning Courses from A German Platform in Demand Worldwide

By Hans-Joachim Allgaier

POTSDAM, Germany (IDN) — A German learning portal that provides free basic digitization knowledge in several languages to Internet users around the world is heading for its one-millionth enrolment. German science patron, Prof. Hasso Plattner, co-founder of the software company SAP and founder of the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam, is behind the international project and fully finances the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC).

: Europe Editor; SUSTAINABILITY; Quality Education; 17 July 2021

Photo: Refugees from Tigray watch an interview of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Um Rakuba refugee camp, in Al-Qadarif state, eastern Sudan on June 24, 2021. Credit: Morgane Wirtz at hanslucas.com

Encounters with Refugees at the Three-Country Point between Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia

By Morgane Wirtz**

Since the start of the conflict in Tigray in November 2020, Sudan has hosted more than 60,000 Ethiopian refugees. They are in addition to the tens of thousands of Eritreans the country receives each year. Some are fleeing massacres; others have been forced to fight.

HAMDAYETE, Sudan (IDN) — The Sudanese village Hamdayete lies on the banks of the Tekeze River, on the border between three countries. In the North-East, Eritrea. In the South-East, Ethiopia. In the West, Sudan. Due to its geographical position, Hamdayete is a reception centre for many refugees.

: Africa & ME Editor; THE WORLD; Horn of Africa; 08 July 2021

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Climate: The Collaboration Crisis

Viewpoint by Bill Dahl*

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QUERETARO, Mexico (IDN) — In their 2013 treatise, NY Times bestselling authors Ori Brafman and Judith Pollack observe: Information doesn’t change behavior. If it did, none of us would smoke and we’d all floss. (Ori Brafman and Judith Pollack, The Chaos Imperative – How Chance and Disruption Increase Innovation Effectiveness and Success, 2013, p. 40).

: Opinion Editor; OPINION; 24 June 2021

SADC Executive Secretary Proud of Her Achievements

By Kester Kenn Klomegah*

MAPUTO | MOSCOW (IDN) — The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has recorded numerous achievements since its establishment, some of which during the term of office, from September 2013 to date, of Executive Secretary, Stergomena Lawrence Tax. She concludes her second term in August 2021. Her key responsibilities have been engaging all the members as an economic bloc, overseeing, and implementing various programmes and projects in the Southern African region.

: Kester Kenn Klomegah; THE WORLD; Africa; 21 June 2021

Photo: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses with the world leaders at the extended family photocall during the G7 Summit at Carbis Bay hotel in Cornwall, UK on June 12, 2021. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

WHO Welcomes G7 Commitment to Donate Vaccines but Asks for "More" and "Faster"

By Jaya Ramachandran

GENEVA (IDN) — The leaders of seven industrial nations, constituting the Group of Seven (G7 Summit), have pledged in a landmark agreement to share COVID-19 vaccine doses internationally, in support of global equitable access and to help end the acute phase of the pandemic. In doing so, they have built on the momentum of the G20 Global Health Summit hosted by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on May 21 and the Gavi COVAX AMC Summit hosted by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan on June 2.

: Jaya Ramachandran; SUSTAINABILITY; Health & Well Being; 13 June 2021

Ex-US Diplomat Reviews Africa's Ties with China and Russia

Interview by Kester Kenn Klomegah*

MOSCOW (IDN) — In this exclusive interview, Professor David Shinn, a former top U.S. diplomat and now an Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University's Elliot School of International Affairs discusses a few significant points in his forthcoming book on China-Africa.

: Kester Kenn Klomegah; THE WORLD; Africa; 02 June 2021

Photo: First plenary meeting of the Russia-Africa Summit on 24 October 2019. Credit: Roscongress.

Ethiopia Expresses Readiness to Host second Russia-Africa Summit

By Kester Kenn Klomegah*

MOSCOW (IDN) — The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has expressed absolute readiness and emphasized it as a progressive step to host the forthcoming second Russia-Africa Summit scheduled for 2022.

: Kester Kenn Klomegah; THE WORLD; Russia; 28 May 2021

Photo: Moscow International Business Center with Alisa Andreevna Prokhorova (on the left), Managing Director for International Activities and Interaction with Business Councils, and Group of companies of the Russian Export Center. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Russia's Trade Growing with Africa

Interview by Kester Kenn Klomegah*

In this interview, Alisa Andreevna Prokhorova, Managing Director for International Activities and Interaction with Business Councils, and Group of companies of the Russian Export Center offers in-depth information and statistics about Russia’s trade with Africa.

MOSCOW (IDN) — First Russia–Africa Summit held on October 23-24, 2019 in Sochi, Russia, set the grounds for raising trade collaboration across various areas and work towards a new dynamism in the existing economic cooperation with African countries.

: Kester Kenn Klomegah; THE WORLD; Russia; 20 May 2021

Photo: In 'good old days', India and Russia signed agreements for the cooperation and use of GLONASS-K satellite at CeBIT 2011—a global navigation satellite system, providing real time position and velocity determination for military and civilian users. CC BY-SA 2.0

When from Russia With Love Was About Bonding, Not Bond

By Shastri Ramachandaran*

NEW DELHI (IDN) — Amidst the raging epidemic and desperate clamour for vaccines, along with oxygen and hospital beds, comes news that Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, is expected in India by May end. Russia has also been forthcoming with a lot of other support and assistance as India finds itself desperately short of medicines, oxygen and hospital beds for battling a huge second surge of the coronavirus where the daily infections exceed 300,000 and deaths are at an all-time high.