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Category: Africa
Benin to build Financial district in capital Cotonou
Benin is set to launch the construction of its first Financial district planned to be home to financial institutions and key companies including State-run firms, ... Read More
Loss by France of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is official end of Françafrique – Ex Austrian top diplomat
Former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl has argued that Françafrique is over after France lost Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger where leaders have turned to ... Read More
Africa has potential to become new global supply chain player — UNCTAD report
With its abundant resources and growing consumer market, Africa can become a prominent manufacturing destination for tech-intensive industries and a key link in global supply ... Read More
China’s economic malaise and how it will impact on African countries
With China's Central Bank making Tuesday (15 August) its largest interest-rate cut since the pandemic and news that its economy has fallen into deflation, the ... Read More
U.S confirms appointment of new Ambassador to Niger
The U.S. State Department has confirmed the appointment of Kathleen FitzGibbon as Washington’s new envoy to Niger now led by a junta that toppled on ... Read More
AU, ECOWAS at odds over Niger intervention as ECOWAS military chiefs meet in Ghana
As West African military chiefs are set to meet Thursday (17 August) in Ghana to coordinate a possible intervention aimed at reversing Niger's coup, the ... Read More
Africa to cut its reliance on West, unfair raw material trade practices – AfCFTA, Uganda leaders
African countries must reduce their reliance on other Western countries by boosting intra-Africa trade and also by eliminating their exploitation of Africa’s raw materials, according ... Read More
Putin, Mali’s Goita discuss Niger crisis amid Western fears of growing Russian influence in Sahel
Mali’s military leader and interim president, Assimi Goita, had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday about the escalating situation in Niger, ... Read More
Sudan crisis: UN, aid agencies urge global action as situation ‘spirals out of control’
UN agencies and humanitarian organizations are urging global action as millions of people in Sudan run out of food and many die due to the ... Read More
Gabon restructures portion of debt to finance ocean protection
Gabon has converted $163 million, a third of its debt, into funds to protect its oceans, US-based NGO The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Government ... Read More