London, August 29, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria and the European Union (EU) Thursday in Yokohama, Japan signed a €50 million memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support humanitarian and development efforts in the country’s war torn North-east region. This came as President Muhammadu Buhari also Thursday in Yokohama, sought the assistance of Japan to combat piracy in the ...

London, July 26, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The European Union EU is contributing a further €30 million in humanitarian funding for Ebola response in efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The latest EU support is an added stimulus after the World Bank announced on Wednesday (July 24) it was deploying another US$300 million in crisis aid for ...

London, July 19, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A delegation of the European Union in Libya on Thursday voiced its concern over the reported disappearance of a member of Libya’s east-based parliament and called for her immediate release. According to local media reports, unidentified gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped Siham Sergewa from her home in the eastern city Benghazi, took ...

London,June 23, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Affordable, inclusive connectivity, coupled with digital skills and literacy, are essential elements in the fight against inequality in the digital age, experts at the European Commission’s 2019 European Development Days (EDD) Forum, emphasized. “One of the most impactful sector reforms that we have seen in Africa over the past two decades has ...

London, June 12, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The European Union, EU says it has provided a fresh 152.05 million euros to Nigeria and six other Sahel countries to bring relief to people in need in the region. The EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis management, Christos Stylianide, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. “As ...

London, June 7, 2019 (AltAfrica)- African and European renewable energy sector leaders launched a new initiative, dubbed Renew-Africa, to boost renewable energy investments across the African continent, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has revealed “Leaders representing the African and European renewable energy sector gathered in a closed-door event for the launch of Renew-Africa, ...

London, May 7, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The European Union (EU) says its regional programmes in the Gulf of Guinea worth more than 155 million euros are supporting the implementation of important ECOWAS strategies in maritime, fisheries and illegal drug trafficking. Mr Kurt Cornelis, Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS said this at the opening ...

London, May 6, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The European Union (EU) plans to hold a major regional economic conference for eastern African countries to foster peace and promote sustainable development in the region. While speaking in Mogadishu during celebrations to mark Europe Day, the EU charge d’affaires to Somalia, Fulgencio Garrido Ruiz, said the conference, organized jointly with the ...

London, April 9, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The European Union (EU) and All On – an impact finance outfit, is to launch a €30 million worth of electrification financing initiative for off-grid and commercial and industrial captive power projects in Nigeria, organisers of the upcoming fourth Nigeria Energy Forum (NEF 2019) have disclosed. According to a statement by ...

London, March 23, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The European Union(EU) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy and unify its people, in line with the 2019 Abuja Peace Accord. The EU made the plea in a letter formally congratulating President Buhari on his re-election as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The union expressed ...