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Mauritania extends for six months MoU with Cairo-based Arab Contractor to build tramway in Nouakchott

Mauritania has extended for six months the Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Egyptian Arab Contractor company to build a tramway in capital Nouakchott, local media report. The extension was enacted by Minister of Equipment and Transport Mohamed Ali O. Sidi Mohamed, who said the move is meant to enable the company to finalize the […]

UNDP loans Cameroon $21m to strengthen SMEs’ resilience

The UNDP and Cameroon have inked a loan deal of $21 million earmarked to strengthen the resilience of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of the central African country in addressing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Journal du Cameroun reports. The agreement signed between UNDP Chief in Cameroon Jean-Luc Stalon and Alamine Ousmane Mey, Minister of […]

UNHCR Welcomes Morocco’s Decision to Admit Refugees Abandoned by Algeria

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) welcomed Morocco’s decision to let in a group of Syrian refugees who were abandoned in the desert border by Algerian authorities since 17 April. “UNHCR welcomes the decision by the Kingdom of Morocco to admit a group of Syrian refugees stranded in difficult circumstances at the country’s border with Algeria,” […]