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Morocco largest beneficiary of AfDB’s loans

Morocco has received in 2019 loans from the African Development Bank (AfDB) worth 3 billion dollars funding 35 projects, bringing total loans by the African development finance institution to 10 billion dollars since the 1970s. AfDB’s funding makes Morocco on top of the list of beneficiaries of loans which covered areas such as energy, transport, […]

Sudan Poverty Rate Nears 70% as War Deepens Humanitarian Collapse

Around seven in ten people in Sudan are now living in poverty, according to the United Nations Development Programme, nearly doubling from about 38% before the conflict began three years ago. UNDP’s Sudan representative Luca Renda said the estimates are based on a poverty line of roughly $4 per day, with at least a quarter […]

South Sudan peace negotiations resume amid leadership changes

The stalled South Sudan peace talks have recommenced in Kenya following a four-month interruption marked by significant diplomatic disruptions. Known as Tumaini, meaning hope, these negotiations represent renewed efforts to address unresolved conflicts beyond the 2018 peace agreement that ended the nation’s devastating five-year civil war, which claimed over 400,000 lives. President Salva Kiir’s unexpected […]