French criminal court sentences former Liberian rebel commander to 30 years in jail

A French criminal court has handed former Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara a 30-year prison sentence for violence against civilians and complicity in crimes against humanity between 1993 and 1994 during Liberia’s first civil war. The 49-year-old had been sentenced to life in prison during a first trial in Paris in 2022. In the appeals […]

Sudan plans to buy electricity from Ethiopia

Sudan, which has a large electricity deficit, wants to obtain supplies from Ethiopia, which is completing the construction of the GERD, the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Despite the conflict between Egypt and Sudan on the one hand, and Ethiopia on the other, over the distribution of the waters of the Nile, it seems that Addis […]

Morocco receives over $5.4 billion in remittances

Remittances flows to Morocco reached more than $5.4 billion during the first seven months of 2022, against $5.1 billion recorded the same period of last year. According to latest data released by the Foreign Exchange Office, money transfer operations made by Moroccan Diaspora during the past months increased by 7.4 pc compared to the same […]