Mauritanian Government Lambasted at UNHC for Slavery

The Mauritanian government was rebuked at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva for its failure to abolish entirely slavery practices, which remain widespread in the West African country. A heated exchange took place between the Mauritanian government and independent national and international NGO’s calling for abolishing the abhorrent slavery practice in Mauritania as part […]

Morocco joins Bloomberg African Bond Index

Morocco has joined the Bloomberg African Bond Indices (ABABI) of the African Development Bank (AfDB). Mauritius also joined the index set up in 2014 by the African bank and Bloomberg to provide investors with a reliable tool designed to measure and track the performance of Africa’s bond markets. Starting January 2021, Mauritius and Morocco have […]

Central Africa’s exports shrink in Q1 2019—Central Bank

The Bank of Central African States, also known as Banque des Etats de I’Afrique Centrale (BEAC), this week said the prices of 28 commodities exported by the six states of the regional bloc (CEMAC) accounting for 90% of export values, declined by 6.2% during the first quarter of 2019. The regional bloc consists of Cameroon, […]