Merkel pushes for more support for AfricaOctober 8, 2016 - 15:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing for more international support for Africa, saying it's important to fight problems causing people to flee their homelands and help promoted development as populations boom, the Associated Press reports. In her weekly video podcast Saturday, October 8 a day ahead of a three-day trip to Mali, Niger and Ethiopia, Merkel said Africa will be a focus of Germany's upcoming G-20 presidency. With the population of Africa expected to double in the next 35 years, "it's in our best interest to help Africa develop well, as the countries naturally, at the same time, make their own contributions to good governance." In addition to traditional development aid, Merkel says she'll work to help create conditions for private investment. She says "state support alone can't advance the development of an entire continent." Related links: Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |