In a surprising turnaround, South Africa’s presidency announced on Wednesday that, in the end, Russian President Vladimir Putin will not personally attend the BRICS summit in South Africa in August. In March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Putin for alleged war crimes involving accusations that Russia has forcibly taken Ukrainian […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, has announced to have busted a spying network in capital Kinshasa, working for neighboring Rwanda considered by authorities as enemy. The network, made of four men, includes two Rwandan spies, one of whom is a soldier in the Rwandan army, but acting under the cover of a development NGO […]
Morocco secured $1.77 billion in World Bank financing during fiscal year 2025, positioning itself as the institution’s 11th largest recipient overall and eighth largest borrower from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), according to newly released Bretton Woods statistics. The World Bank’s total commitments reached $80.8 billion for the fiscal year ending June […]
