Entrepreneurial young Egyptians are helping combat their country’s plastic waste problem by recycling junk-food wrappers, water bottles and similar garbage that usually ends up in landfills or the Nile RiverAt a factory on the outskirts of Cairo, run b…
Day: January 21, 2023
US Treasury Secretary Yellen Kicks Off Africa Tour in Senegal
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen went to Gorree Island in Senegal Saturday, and spoke of the “unspeakable cruelty” of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.”Ultimately, Goree Island reminds us that the histories of Africa and America are intimately connec…
Canada Says Cameroon Warring Parties Agree to Enter Peace Process
The government of Cameroon and some separatist factions in the English-speaking regions of the country have agreed to begin a process aimed at resolving a conflict that has killed over 6,000 people, Canada’s foreign ministry said.”Canada welcomes the a…