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The EU African Summit has some major targets to achieve. The event is to take place today in Brussels. Everyone is vying for the African pie now; more so as China eyes making this continent also grateful and indebted to it. But plans to organize a more conducive summit have been firming for the last two years between Europe and Africa. There are plans to unveil six initiatives at the Summit, including three investment packages, as part of what EU calls a ‘Prosperous and Sustainable Partnership’.   There is obviously sense of power at play, but not as stark and bad as China’s mind over sovereignty control. In a public statement, EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen has confirmed that investments will be the ‘heart’ of the summit. Africa should be feeling happy and elated. But it needs to move ahead with caution as well.   The promising Global Gateway is said to be comprised of an investment plan worth more than €150 billion for Africa. France is playing its own...

The foreign minister of Mali, Mr. Abdoulaye Diop shared that the tension between Paris and Bamako were due to the fact that the Malian junta had "touched" France's interests by ruling out elections in February. His comments are an indicator of France’s support to push another set of ruler to govern Mali. Earlier also, he had blamed France in his remarks, for supporting the coup. Additionally, in another video Mr Diop has said that there are instances in past, where France has claimed to have defended democracy in other countries. As per his comments France does this by appointing the “head of State” who would carry out the coups. In another incident on Monday, the ruling government of Mali summoned the French Ambassador Joel Meyer and said he had 72 hours to leave the country, according to a Malian government statement announced on state television. The army gained control over Bamako in August 2020 and thereafter the relations between France and Mali have been stra...

The foreign Minister of France, Jean-Yves Le Drian has said that, there is a bit of  progress in Iran Nuclear deal but in order to reach the deal, the time is really short. He has welcomed the efforts of negotiators on the current progress, but his concern  is regarding the short time to negotiate the deal. He also added, that based on the discussions in Vienna, he has convinced that the talks are going in a positive direction, therefore they will reach a deal soon. Talking on television, he commented 'bits of progress have been made in the last few days. Time is of the essence because, if we don't get an accord quickly there will be nothing to negotiate.' Similar sentiments were shared by Britain. During talks with Israel this week, Britain also said that time was running out for a deal. Also, Germany said similar thing, adding that negotiations were 'entering a crucial phase; and that there was 'not much time.' As per comments from Washington, on Tue...

Foreign leaders from G7 nations have met today to defuse the tension with Russia. With Russia building its troops on the Ukrainian border, it is creating fear and tension for the neighbouring nations.  Attempts have been made from Britain and US to seek a unified approach to convince Iran  on the acceptance of revival of 2015 nuclear agreement. The Foreign Secretary of  Britain Liz Truss had a meeting with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and  other G7 counterparts on Friday evening before the two days of talks. The meeting as expected had in attendance  remotely connected  ministers and in person attendance by ASEAN countries. The leading democratic powers seek to boost their influence in the Indo-Pacific. Historic location of “The Museum of LiverPool” in the City’s docklands was selected for  the event, a location rich in history and culture, which has been a symbol of British global  reach and economic might. ...

Geopolitical reasons are huge determiners of how chemistry between nations remains. The recent unpleasantness between France and Algeria is an example of this.... In a strange turn of events Algeria has banned the military presence of French planes on its airstrip due to an ongoing fight between the nations. "This morning, while filing flight plans for two of our planes, we learned that the Algerians were closing the overflight of their territory to all French military planes," Colonel Pascal Ianni, spokesman for the French military, said to the media. It seems the French president's comment about Algerian sovereignty did not go very well with the Algerians. Emmanuel Macron had said that it seems strange that the Algerian nation came into existence before the French colonisation. It was definitely a derogatory statement that could have hurt anyone's sentiments.  While this has happened, French operations in the Sahel region go unbated. The second act of defiance is wh...

An Israeli spyware is said to have compromised personal phones of many important politicians and world leaders The military grade spyware known as the  Pegasus  has notoriously got into the lives of politicians, diplomats, business leaders and even journalists. The menace has been such that it has left the French President Emmanuel Macron no choice but to change his phone, his number and even order for an overhaul in cyber security protocols.  Pakistan has been busy blaming India for having let the mouse out of the box. The spyware is called  The spyware, called Pegasus. It was developed by an Israeli company which is now claiming its buyers were legitimate ones and vetted before it was sold to them.  The spyware actually ' enables users to infiltrate phones without being detected in order to record calls, control cameras, and extract messages and emails.' The company  NSO Group  has admitted to have sold it to so called "vetted government agencies" to...

  France along with Europe is planning a foolproof strategy for its Covid-19 recovery The French government is working towards establishing the method of a health pass that all citizens would carry along with them, at all times. This will help service providers to ensure that customers they are serving have been inoculated. All representatives of their respective sectors have been asked to do the needful to ensure the health pass is implemented correctly. The intensive care units across the country continue to receive a throng of patients. The infection rates are going up, but also is the vaccination drive to treat the patients. In the last five days, the French administration has ensured that some 800,000 jabs were given to deserving candidates.   Nearly two million of France's 67 million population have been double-vaccinated against COVID-19. Sixty percent of all care home residents have now had two COVID-19 vaccinations. Strangely, the intensive care seems to stil...

Macron does not feel a change of command will make a difference to American insensitivity Photo courtesy: www.thetelegraph.co.uk The French President Emmanuel Macron has said that it would be a foolish idea to really think that post Trump’s tyranny; US can be trusted on the thought that the EU bloc can actually underwrite the European security and defend its interests. In a nutshell, it just means that his faith when it comes to American administration will take a long time to rebuild, even if it means that the world is in awe of the to-be sworn in US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. In his message to the media, he has expressed a desire that the European Union should look at self-reliance a little more seriously. That means, French President  Emmanuel Macron  feels that European Union  should make efforts to develop its technology, international finance and defense capabilities and act independent off support from other nations, especially the US. EU...

Qatar played up its game of prominence as it lets down NATO allies by hiding important intel Qatar allies have been contemplating extending  the embargo for a further period  Qatar has been hiding behind huge PR propaganda and good publicity. The small but rich Middle eastern nation has indeed kept its promise- presence felt without needing the backing of any other bigwig nation in the middle east.  Qatar was placed under an embargo by neighbouring nations because it was revealed that Qatar was sheltering and supporting various Islamic thought led jehadist military factions. Now, i n a stark revelation, one media house claims that Qatar’s intelligence had information about attacks at Gulf of Oman where Iran was instrumental. But Qatar never informed its allies.  A report exclusive to Fox News claims that Qatar had prior knowledge of the May 12 attack of two Saudi tankers, a Norwegian tanker and a UAE bunkering ship near the p...