Europe and Africa

News : Europe and Africa

The US and Britain have expressed concern over the alleged politicisation of humanitarian aid in Ethiopia ahead of elections and called for immediate investigation. (AllAfrica)

British oil explorer Heritage Oil will sell its fields in Uganda to Italian oil group Eni SpA for between $1.3b and $1.5b, the London-based Sunday Times said yesterday. (AllAfrica)

"We lived like fishes in the water. We were not lazy. We worked hard. We lived a very natural way of life by eating fish and green vegetables and fruits that was abundant in the forests. Nature was our refrigerator." (AllAfrica)

A court in Switzerland had yesterday, ordered the seizure of $350m, roughly about N53.2bn, worth of assets from the son of Nigeria's former military ruler, late General Sani Abacha. (AllAfrica)

Amnesty International has learned that the Danish government has invited Sudanese President al Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, to attend a meeting in Copenhagen on climate change in December. (AllAfrica)

European private investors are hungry for shares in unlisted African firms and could provide the needed shot in the arm for a continent that has taken a beating from the financial crisis the West is emerging from, reports LEE MWITIT (AllAfrica)

The federal government has expressed interest towards solidifying its ties with the government of the Republic of Serbia to work closely with Nigeria on areas of electoral reform and the war against corruption. (AllAfrica)

The Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Abdulrahman Adamu has thanked the Serbian government for training Nigeria military and civilians while looking forward to signing a Memorandum of Understanding on Defence by both countries. (AllAfrica)

In a week during which memorial ceremonies commemorating the defeat of Hitler's axis and the end of the Second World War were held, I watched two movies of peculiar interest but with a slightly similar violent story. (AllAfrica)

A high level delegation of investors from Europe which has been in the country on a fact-finding mission said on Friday that Rwanda, has a 'terrifically attractive investment climate' that is capable of attracting huge foreign capital. (AllAfrica)

World airline body, International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced the signing of a Multilateral Statement of Policy Principles regarding the Implementation of Bilateral Air Service Agreements by seven states and the European Commission. (AllAfrica)

Super Eagles forward, Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi continued with his impressive form in the German Bundesliga this season, as he grabbed a goal for his side, TSG Hoffenheim in their 4-0 drubbing of FC Cologne in a week 13 clash. (AllAfrica)

The European Commission has signed a multi-million euro agreement to assist Nigeria tackle development challenges in the areas of governance, trade and peace. (AllAfrica)

The British High Commissioner, Bob Dewar yesterday at the Old Karu Orphanage Home declared the commission's intention to assist Nigerians, especially the less privileged and vulnerable ones. (AllAfrica)

The 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, an event that marked the beginning of the end of Communism, has been a huge story almost everywhere in the world. (AllAfrica)

Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane is in Europe to promote the province and strengthen ties with its foreign partners. (AllAfrica)

RUSSIAN software developer Kaspersky Lab is opening an office in Johannesburg to sell and support its antivirus and internet security software, in expectation of a growing demand from Africa as undersea cables finally deliver faster and cheaper bandwidth. (AllAfrica)

In a surprisingly quick compromise, European Union leaders have named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton as EU president and foreign policy chief. (AllAfrica)

PRESIDENT Mugabe and his delegation returned home on Thursday from Rome, Italy, where they attended the Food and Agriculture Organisation's world food security summit that saw the developing world calling for concerted efforts to end global hunger. (AllAfrica)

The South African Police Service has signed a R55 million agreement with the Norwegian embassy to support a police-training project in Sudan. (AllAfrica)

Swiss authorities yesterday convicted Abba, one of the sons of the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha, for graft and ordered $350 million worth of assets to be seized from him. (AllAfrica)

The United Nations has welcomed the recent arrest in Germany of top leaders of the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FDLR), and urged other nations to follow suit. (AllAfrica)

The case of the two top leaders of FDLR who were arrested in Germany on Tuesday will be re-examined in three months. (AllAfrica)

Better Future, a Netherlands-based social enterprise that aims to create brighter future for the less privileged, has developed a link with the Gambia football academies with the ultimate aims of promoting better football and providing better life skills for the interns of the local academies. (AllAfrica)

The Danish Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Stig Barlyng has advised various stakeholders in the health sector not to burden the system through unnecessary administrative and reporting parallel systems so as to ensure the best possible care for patients. (AllAfrica)

On October 16th 2009, University of Oxford's Prof. Paul Collier gave a talk at Serena Conference Centre in Kampala on the prospects of an oil windfall for Uganda. Below we produce a slightly edited version of his speech. (AllAfrica)

The Italian company, Eni SpA (E) is looking at a large amount of Tullow Oil confidential data as part of its due diligence process for buying a stake in Uganda's oil ventures. (AllAfrica)

Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, John Mutorwa said Namibia is encouraged that the World Food Summit that was held in Rome this week considered the improvement of food security governance as parts of its agenda. (AllAfrica)

THE French embassy has awarded scholarships to 37 students of Makerere and Kyambogo universities who are studying French. The beneficiaries comprise 16 second-year students and 21 students in the first year. (AllAfrica)

Spain’s Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Soraya Rodriguez Ramos, today announced a donation of €75 million (US$112m) to the United Nations World Food Programme in response to the critical hunger situation in the Horn of Africa. (AllAfrica)

The Italian government has expressed satisfaction in the usage of Sh 240 million being spent in various integrated projects in the Coast Province supervised and coordinated by the Coast Development Authority (CDA). (AllAfrica)