Press freedom increasingly under threat in sub-Saharan, southern Africa

In July 2023, the International Press Institute’s (IPI) global network’s monitoring of press freedom violations in sub-Saharan Africa recorded 80 incidents in 17 countries, which reflects just how much media across Africa are being obstructed by newsroom raids and arrests, attacks on reporters covering elections and legal challenges to their work. According to the latest […]

Rwanda Opens Embassy in Rabat

The Rwandan embassy in Morocco was inaugurated at a ceremony on Wednesday Jan. 15 in Rabat in an official ceremony attended by Rwandan Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Olivier Nduhungirehe, and Moroccan Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita.   The opening of the Rwandan embassy comes after Morocco opened its diplomatic representation in Kigali in […]

World Bank and Mauritania strengthens cooperation over digitization

On Monday September 9 in Nouakchott, Khaled Abidine Sidi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Modernization of Administration, met with a delegation from the World Bank Group led by Ousmane Diagana, the Bank’s Vice President for West and Central Africa. In his remarks, Sidi highlighted that the meeting centered on enhancing cooperation […]