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In the face of the growing climate crisis, 1,500 non-state actors from 40 countries gathered in Marseille for the Climate Chance 2025 Summit. The result was the Marseille Declaration, a concrete commitment that redefines the cooperation between Europe and Africa...

On 25th and 26th March, the launching meeting of the MAC Interreg project "InnoVamos", an initiative funded by the INTERREG VI-D Madeira-Azores-Canarias (MAC) 2021-2027 programme, was held. With a budget of 4.06 million euros, co-financed by the European Commission, the...

The Canary Islands will deploy drones to detect and track the routes of migrant boats in order to reduce the number of drownings at sea. The regional president, Fernando Clavijo, presented the Agamenon project, which will use drones to...

A new webinar on Teachers in Africa will be held on 3 April in the online mode between 15:00 and 17:00 hours (EAT). This is an initiative co-funded by the African Federation of Regulatory Authorities (AFRA)....

Queen Letizia has concluded her official visit to Cape Verde, where she visited Spanish cooperation projects focused on gender equality, the reduction of inequalities and economic development. During her stay, she visited a cutting course in...

The University of La Laguna has initiated the development of a Cooperation Plan with West Africa, at a meeting held on 25 March with some thirty actors in the community. This initiative is framed within the framework of the...

The Vice-Ministry of External Action of the Government of the Canary Islands has awarded an important grant to the Canary Islands Good Samaritan Foundation for the construction of the Hotel Escuela Hogar Baobab in Senegal. This project aims to train young people in a situation of...

Her Majesty the Queen made a trip to the Republic of Cape Verde from 24 to 27 March, accompanied by the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Eva María Granados. The aim was to see first-hand the work of the...

The President of the Canary Islands Government, Fernando Clavijo, presented the new "Canary Islands-Africa Strategy" at Casa África, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. This initiative seeks to strengthen cooperation with the African continent in key areas such as science, technology, education and training, as well as...

In recent years, African music has gained international exposure and has become part of the global music culture. Genres such as South African Amapiano and Nigerian Afrobeat have become very popular on platforms such as Spotify, with the rhythms of these two...