Geert Laporte News Today

The 2022 Brussels summits final declaration dubbed the Joint Vision for 2030 promised among other things to invest in Africa $25 billion per year over the next seven years, and $315 billion to spend on energy and infrastructure. It has been mostly quiet one year on

Western nations may have come up with various initiatives to counter growing Chinese and Russian influence in Africa, but African leaders have been "disappointed" by the way they go about it. This was evident at the African Adaptation Summit in Rotterdam last week when European leaders failed to turn up for a meeting to fundraise for Africa's climate adaptation projects....