Sudan Threatens to Bring Territorial Dispute with Egypt before UN

Tension is brewing between Khartoum and Cairo over the Halaib’s triangle disputed territory on the Red Sea after the long serving Sudanese President Omar Bashir renewed claims to the area threatening to bring the issue before the UN if negotiations with Egypt fail. The Sudanese government has recently renewed with the UN Security Council standing […]

South Sudan gets $600 million from China to pay civil servants

The government of South Sudan has received around $600 million from the Chinese government to pay outstanding civil servants’ salaries. South Sudan News Agency, quoting government sources, said the new loan aims to cover salaries payment. The move comes weeks after many South Sudanese deputies boycotted the presentation of the 2019-2020 budget, rising against the […]

From Morocco, African states call for cheaper remittance transfer costs

African diaspora is in need of urgent action to reduce the cost of remittances, an instrumental source of investment and a key factor in reducing poverty in the continent, said participants at an African meeting in Rabat. There are some 150 million Africans living outside the continent with remittances estimated at 100 billion dollars in […]