Somalia’s banking: Turkish and Egyptian banks issued first post-war licenses

Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) has recently granted its first two foreign banking licenses — to Turkey’s Ziraat Katılım bank and Egypt’s Banque Misr — in decades as the country seeks to rebuild its financial sector and attract international investment. Both state-owned financial institutions were approved by Somalia’s central bank at the start of July. […]

Chadian President Receives message from Morocco’s King

The President of Chad, Idriss Deby Itno, on Saturday received a message from King Mohammed VI dealing with the promotion of bilateral relations. The message also dealt with the revitalization of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) as Chad was hosting and extraordinary session of the conference of heads of state and government of this […]

Mali: armed group kills at least 40 at wedding ceremony amid escalating violence

Dozens of guests, many of them young people, at a wedding ceremony have been killed by a group of unidentified armed men in an attack on a village in central Mali that has been struggling with violence from extremist groups for over a decade. Unidentified armed men cut the throats of approximately 40 people in […]