Migration Tops Italian Interior Minister’s Talks in Libya

Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who is vowing a new hardline stance on migration, on Monday used his first foreign visit to Libya to demand an asylum reception centre in the North African nation to cut the flow of migrants into Europe. Salvini called for migrant centres to be set up in Africa as Rome […]

World Bank puts growth in Sub-Saharan Africa at 3% in 2024

The World Bank revised downwards economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa to 3% instead of 3.4%, citing the impact of the war in Sudan. The forecast is still higher than the 2.4% registered last year, thanks to increased private consumption and investment, the Bank said in a recent report. The report forecasts growth of 3.9% for […]

‘eVisa’: Positive outcome with over 160K applications processed in one year

The launch of the electronic visa, “eVisa”, by Morocco on July 10, 2022 has had a positive impact, making the visa granting procedure much smoother and easier for certain foreign nationals requiring a visa to visit the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. One year after its launch, the eVisa system has processed more […]