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Egypt
Little sign of progress over $100bn global South adaptation fund

The host country of COP27 has been working hard to try to secure a commitment from global North countries to finance climate change adaptation in the global South. But no preliminary agreement has been reached on this issue, which will be discussed from today. [...]

Published on 07/11/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Namibian President Hage Geingob in Windhoek on 5 December 2022

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Sisi dreams of green hydrogen hub on banks of Red Sea ahead of Cop27

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The president of the Chadian transition, Mahamat Idriss Déby.

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Ex-Mubarak minister makes Cairo comeback as Sisi's COP27 climate champion

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Former Egyptian minister Mahmoud Mohieldin in 2019.

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Touadéra and Moscow protect warlord Hassan Bouba from international justice

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Central African livestock minister Hassan Bouba in February 2021.

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Senegal
Guns, gold and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Egypt
Little sign of progress over $100bn global South adaptation fund

Namibia, United States
Windhoek's green hydrogen hopes dashed in Washington

Egypt
Cairo to roll out its green diplomacy in Africa

Egypt
Sisi obtains EU pledge to discuss his agenda at COP 27

Egypt
Sisi dreams of green hydrogen hub on banks of Red Sea ahead of Cop27

Spotlight | Chad
Mahamat Idriss Déby under fire at home and abroad

Egypt
Ex-Mubarak minister makes Cairo comeback as Sisi's COP27 climate champion

Central African Republic
Touadéra and Moscow protect warlord Hassan Bouba from international justice