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India ups lending to Africa in bid to counter China’s dominance

Africa has become the second-largest recipient of credit from India while over the past decade 18 of the 25 new Indian embassies or consulates were opened in the continent, as the South Asian powerhouse tries to catch up with China’s massive sway in the resource-rich continent. Many African nations received about $12 billion or 38% […]

PJD to join opposition after humiliating electoral failure

Morocco’s Islamist PJD party said it will join the opposition after leading the government for two consecutive terms. The Party’s general secretariat members said they were resigning including its leader Saad Dine El Otmani. The party is in disarray after it came eighth in general elections with only 13 in the 395-seat parliament, in what […]

Niger recalls ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire for consultation

The National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country, the junta in power in Niger, recalled Monday August 14 the country’s Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire in reaction to the Ivorian leader’s push for military intervention to restore deposed leader Mohamed Bazoum. The decision followed recent remarks by Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara that indicated his “eagerness” […]