BRICS summit: focus on expansion plans and building mutual financial system

The leaders of the BRICS countries meeting at its three-day summit in Johannesburg have reportedly agreed on a roadmap for how to allow new states to join their group of emerging economies. “We have agreed on the matter of expansion,” South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said and added that further details would be provided […]

New series of explosions in Bujumbura kill three, injure dozens

At least three people were killed and dozens wounded Monday night in a series of explosions in Burundi’s economic capital, Bujumbura, the latest in a string of attacks in the country, police and media said. The explosions come a day after a deadly grenade explosion in a bar in the Burundian capital, Gitega, and mortar […]

Morocco freezes public sector hiring due to Covid-19

Head of the Moroccan government Saad Eddine El Otmani asked all public sector administrations to put off hiring new employees until the end of the coronavirus crisis. In a sign of austerity measures, El Otmani also ordered in a letter delaying all promotions planned in the current budget. The Prime minister said that the job […]