The African Development Bank (AfDB) aims to raise $1 billion to rapidly ramp up agricultural production in Africa and stave off a potential food crisis brought on by Russia’s invasion.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday South Africa had been asked to mediate in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and that he had told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone.
The United Nations said it was starting consultations in Sudan on Monday to salvage the country’s move to democracy after a military coup. U.N. officials were contracting parties to look.
The U.N. Security Council on Friday called for an end to the fighting in Ethiopia and for talks on a lasting ceasefire as the 15-member body expressed deep concern in.
