Somalia Slams ‘Secret Deal’ Claims, Rejects Swedish Aid-for-Deportation Allegations

Somalia’s government has firmly denied allegations that it entered into a secret agreement with Sweden to accept deported Somali nationals in exchange for redirected development aid. In an official statement, the Office of the Prime Minister rejected claims that Somalia received $9 million in Swedish aid as part of a covert deal. There is “no […]

Chairman of the presidency of Bosnia & Herzegovina addresses message to King Mohammed VI

Chairman of the presidency of Bosnia & Herzegovina Denis Bećirović has addressed a written message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over to Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita by Nerkez Arifhodžić, special envoy of Denis Bećirović, at a meeting held in Rabat Wednesday. In a statement to the press following the meeting, Arifhodžić […]

South Africa’s unemployment rate surges to 33.5% in H1 2024

South Africa’s official unemployment rate rose to 33.5% in the first half this year as the economic outlook worsens. The country, once Africa’s largest economy, has failed to curb inequalities amid widespread criminality and infrastructure bottlenecks. Unemployment in South Africa is now one of the highest globally and has exceeded Covid-19 levels, when a lockdown […]