Allafrica.com: Europe & Africa

[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- Kenyan economists say newly-arrived wheat imports from Ukraine could help ease hunger in drought-stricken areas and bring down high food prices. Thirty thousand tons of wheat arrived in Kenya Monday under the U.N.-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative, in which Russia agreed not to block Ukrainian grain shipments. But Russian President Vladimir Putin warned this week that Moscow could end the deal within 60 days.

[Algerie Presse Service] The President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune said that the "strategic" relations uniting Algeria and Italy were based on a "strong" and "transparent" friendship that dates back to the Liberation War.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The state Minister for Security Mohamed Ali Hagaa and the Somali Police Commander General Sulub Ahmed Firin participated in the event of the Italian Embassy handing over vehicles donated by the Italian government to the Police Forces.

[Namibian] THE Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA) has slammed the Namdia Foundation's lack of support with regards to hosting a genocide remembrance slated for 21 and 22 April at Shark Island, at Lüderitz in the ||Kharas region.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The European Union and Tunisia share a "win-win" partnership and the EU is willing to scale up bilateral cooperation in the green hydrogen field, said Director General of the Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (NEAR) Gert-Jan Koopman

[DW] The process of coming to terms with German colonial-era crimes in Tanzania is intended to strengthen relations. The two countries are also in talks on reparations.

[African Arguments] You can't replace fossil fuels with renewables like swapping out a battery. The Global North will also have to drastically reduce its energy use.

[VOA] Dakar -- The government of Niger says it negotiated the release of a U.S. aid worker and a French journalist who were held captive by Islamist militants in the Sahel region. Aid worker and missionary Jeffery Woodke was held for more than six years, while reporter Olivier Dubois spent nearly two years in captivity.

[The Herald] Turkish-based Zimbabwean fashion and events management guru and promoter Prince Farai Mudzingwa, affectionately known as Styllz, is ready to host the Amapiano-Zimdancehall festival this weekend in the United Kingdom.

[UNHCR] Joint Press Release

[The Point] The Gambia, though Alliance Francaise de Banjul, on Thursday joined the rest of the world to celebrate Francophonie week, an event celebrated all over the world every March.

[AIM] Maputo -- The European Union on Monday announced immediate emergency aid to Mozambique of 1.85 million US dollars, in response to devastating floods, the impact of tropical cyclone Freddy, and the current cholera outbreak.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has received 30,000 metric tonnes of wheat from Ukraine to help families affected by drought and famine.

[Ghanaian Times] La Liga Grassroots Football, an initiative aimed at setting up a world class football academy in Ghana using the Spanish top tier model will soon roll out in the country.

[State Department] U.S. Marine Corps General Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command, delivered the 2023 U.S. Africa Command posture statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee March 16.

[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's wife, Auxilia, is set to lead a delegation to Belarus as the European country 'assists' Zimbabwe to improve its health system.

[New Times] A genocide fugitive in France who sued a journalist there over being labelled as an 'African Nazi' due to his role in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi has lost his court case.

[HRW] Brussels -- Joint Letter to EU Foreign Ministers

[VOA] Windhoek, Namibia -- A court in Namibia is hearing an appeal by the local branch of Russia's state-owned atomic energy agency, Rosatom, which is seeking water permits needed for uranium mining.

[VOA] Yaoundé, Cameroon -- Central African economy ministers are calling for investing in energy and farming as Africa's poorest region struggles to recover from natural disasters, armed conflicts, and fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Heads of state from the six nations of regional bloc CEMAC meet Friday to discuss the challenges.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan President João Lourenço said Wednesday that Angola continues to work with its international partners in the quest for an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

[Ghanaian Times] The French Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Jules Armand Aniambossou, has reiterated the need to nurture sports talents as a tool for growth and develop­ment on the continent.

[Ghanaian Times] In 1949, countries, mainly former British colonies decided to maintain an association between countries that had once been part of the British colonies, but which were considered 'free and equal'.

[DW] Enforced disappearances, no political opposition and a longtime president who tolerates no dissent. So why are Western democracies so bent on doing business with Rwanda?

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Ukrainian Institute and agency for cultural development, Port will present "Grains of Culture" --The Wall project in Nairobi on Friday.

[The Point] His Excellency Vice President Mohammed BS Jallow on Monday 13 March 2023 received in audience the Turkish ambassador to The Gambia, Tolga BERMEK.

[MSF] Testimonies of survivors fleeing across the central Mediterranean

[Ghanaian Times] Ghana has proposed the development of a new Common­wealth strategy to effectively address economic gaps in the 56 member states as the Common­wealth Charter turns 10 years.

[GhanaToday] The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration (MoFARI), Mr Thomas Mbomba, has called on members of the Commonwealth to establish a new and effective strategy to address economic gaps and to maintain Commonwealth ideals in the face of rising populism.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Italian President Sergio Mattarella is in the country for a four-day official visit.