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Feb 10 • 9 tweets • 7 min read
A fragment of the EC President Ursula @vonderleyen's Press conference with AU Chairperson Macky Sall announcing 150 Billion EUR in African Investment is here - en Francaise...

A significant announcement - but details of the plan are not immediately available.
"I am pleased to announce that the Africa-Europe plan is the first regional plan under #GlobalGateway , our global investment strategy.

It will mobilize 150 billion euros of investments." - EC President Ursula @vonderleyen.
@vonderleyen To carry out the projects #GlobalGateway , we need everyone; citizens, local authorities, parliaments.

Global Gateway will get everyone involved.

Global Gateway wants to create growth.

And Global Gateway wants to create trust.
@vonderleyen "Our two Unions share the same vision: that of creating a common area of stability and prosperity.

At the EU-AU Summit, it will be necessary to establish the concrete means of achieving this."

- EC @vonderleyen to AU's @Macky_Sall
#GlobalGateway @laprensalatina coverage...

laprensalatina.com/eu-pledges-e15…
#GlobalGateway @EurActivEN coverage...

euractiv.com/section/climat…
#GlobalGateway @dwnews coverage...
dw.com/en/eu-reveals-…
#GlobalGateway @dwnews @africanews coverage...

africanews.com/2022/02/10/eu-…
#GlobalGateway @ReutersAfrica coverage via WKZO.com (Dakar)

wkzo.com/2022/02/10/eu-…

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Feb 12
The OCHA / WFP briefing on 10th of Feb - delivered in NYC with @UN_Spokesperson is here media.un.org/en/asset/k16/k…

It was a long way away from being critical of TPLF. All he said was that conflict was the cause of aid not getting in.
He said no convoys entered Tigray since the 16th. Be did not say that TPLF caused that conflict by invading Afar at that time - which is the cause - which anyone with access to Twitter could quickly determine for themselves.
He noted that aid has not got in for nearly 2 months due to this conflict.
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Feb 11
This UN briefing is very disappointing. Sadly the UN DSG @AminaJMohammed appears to have not been well briefed or is resistant to the truth about the war in Ethiopia.

And the UN Press Corps similarly appear to be clueless about the nature of the war since July.
There will be a transcript of this available soon and I will make my concerns clear.

It is understandable that the UN DSG is being diplomatic, as that is her job. But this comes over as papering over a festering sore. Not just in Ethiopia, but in the UN itself.
One factual point. The war continues to prevent aid reaching Tigray not because of “hostilities between two regions” but because at the same time that the Tigray’s TPLF leadership announced a withdrawal, they attacked Afar, on December 16, closing the corridor.
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Feb 10
Tropical Cyclone #Dovi #CycloneDovi has an amazing satellite presentation this morning. This is consistent with the latest JTWC forecasts indicating the cyclone strengthening rapidly over the next 24 hours. Image
12 hour satellite animation of Tropical Cyclone Dovi up to 9.20 am this morning.

Quoted thread contains latest updated information on the cyclones track, intensity and impact.
A closeup of the last six hours....
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Feb 10
A @UN_Spokesperson hosted briefing today from @WFP East Africa coordinator Michael Dunford about food insecurity, drought and conflict caused, in the Horn of Africa.
media.un.org/en/asset/k16/k…
@UN_Spokesperson @WFP Dunford is seeking funding urgently to scale up operations in Kenya, Somalia and Southern Ethiopia. He answers questions on Afar and confirms the last convoy into Tigray was on 16th December, the day the TPLF offensive against Afar began.
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Feb 10
#NZ #ExtremeWeather Update thread:

The latest JTWC update has Cyclone Dovi strengthening to 96 knots of sustained winds, putting it on the threshold of Category 3 Hurricane Strength. Image
While #CycloneDOVI is very unlikely to maintain anything close to this all the way to NZ, this is not good news for the Nth Island in rain/flooding terms.

[Image: 24 hour satellite animation of #Dovi featuring New Caledonian radar data showing an intense well formed eyewall.]
Outflow of moisture - an atmospheric river - generated by #CycloneDovi is already delivering intense rains in NZ in a band which is steadily moving northwards.

A strengthening #Dovi will increase the amount of moisture in this river.
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Feb 10
The EC President Ursula @vonderleyen has just announced a European "Global Gateway" 150 billion EUR investment plan for Africa with Senegal President and new AU Chairperson @Macky_Sall during a visit to Senegal

A preview of her trip from @AFP is here.
rfi.fr/en/africa-s-mo…
This thread will compile details and reaction as soon as they come available.

This looks like an attempt by the EU to reset its relationship with Africa and comes on the heels of the African Union Conference just held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The scale of this investment announcement for Africa is unprecedented. And more details about "Global Gateway" can be found here on the EC Website >> ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/…
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