Morocco: Clampdown on drug trafficking leads to arrest of several people

Policemen on Thursday Arrested in the city of Tangier three people, including two international transport truck drivers, for their alleged links to an international drug-trafficking network. National security services at the port of Tanger-Med had arrested, Wednesday evening, an international transport truck driver who tried to smuggle 5,400 psychotropic pills into Morocco, National Police said […]

IMF praises Chad’s debt restructuring deal

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva hailed Wednesday the progress made in restoring debt sustainability globally including Chad, at a meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in India, “Zawya reports”. The central African country in November 2022 reached an agreement with its creditors, notably Swiss commodities trader Glencore, […]

Tanzania-DRC-Kenya corridors vital to expanding intra-regional trade, contributing to AfCFTA success

Trade corridors between Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and between the latter and Kenya have been highlighted as the key links that will drive trade within the East African region by the year 2035. Increased infrastructure interconnectivity by the African states is widely seen as the key driver that will contribute to the […]