Africa Matters

Africa Calls For Action on Climate, Investment at UN Assembly

African leaders, including Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa are in the U.S. for the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) which is taking place from September 19 to September 26, 2023. In his first UNGA meeting as newly-elected leader of Nigeria, Tinubu called for “genuine partnership for Nigeria and Africa’s…

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Extra BRICS Shouldn’t Be Used to Build a Wall Against the West

Analysis By Peter Fabricius As interest in joining BRICS soars, an expansion must be about more than the ‘West versus the Rest’. This year’s Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) summit will have a distinctive African flavour. Hosted by its only African member, the meeting has an African theme and will be attended by many African leaders as part of an outreach…

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