The Civil Court held a key hearing in the campaigners' push for accountability from the energy multinational Total over its controversial oil project in Uganda. The EACOP is set to be the longest project of its kind in the world, stretching almost 1,500 kilometres through East Africa.
Also, in Ghana, the European Union is ramping up its investments on the continents.. including more than €800 million being pledged to major infrastructure projects in Ghana... The support of the countrye's improvement's to enrgy, health, and transport is another sign of the bloc's shift in it's approach to Africa as US partnerships become increasingly unpedictable.. Justice baidoo has more.
Finally, one way to a continent's heart is through its stomach. For Beninese culinary tour de force Georgiana Vou, the value of that transcontinental exchange goes both ways. Having been inspired by the flavours of West Africa, she earned a Michelin star here in France, and now her perspective attracts customers in both Europe and Africa. PKG