Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb II significant presence of Royal Navy in the Red Sea. With the start of Operation Compass in North Africa and the defeat of the Italian troops at Sidi Barrani on 9-12 December 1940, it became clear that it would be impossible for Italian troops in Libya to reach Italian East Africa to break its isolation. The fuel supplies were dwindling and were projected to be exhausted by June 1941. In anticipation of the inevitable fall of the colony, a plan was developed to send as many ships as possible to Japan or occupied France and to destroy all other ships that
Made in Africa Foundation projects that it aims to implement between 2012 and 2040, for which Made in Africa Foundation will assist in raising foreign investment and greater public awareness. Below are the events in which either Made in Africa or the Made in Africa Foundation has had an involvement. This event was the nickname Made in Africa gave to the 2007 AU State Banquet that it co-hosted with the then Ghanaian President and AU Chairperson John Kofi Kufor. The event coincided with Ghana's 50th anniversary of independence, 200 years since the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, and to mark the occasion rev.