OCP Africa and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have announced this Monday a partnership to strengthen value chains of rice in Côte d’Ivoire and millet in Senegal, and to help improve the living conditions of thousands of smallholder farmers. These crops, essential to ensure food security in these […]
Mauritius, one of Africa’s most stable democracies, conducted parliamentary elections Sunday as Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth’s ruling party sought to secure a second five-year term. The election follows recent controversy over the government’s temporary social media restrictions during a wiretapping scandal involving leaked conversations of prominent figures. Approximately one million registered voters participated in the […]
Tunisia has launched Monday its first satellite, “Challenge 1”, from Kazakhstan on board Russian Soyuz rocket 2, Webdo Tunis reports. The unmanned rocket took off from Baikonour Cosmodrome, carrying 37 other satellites from 17 other countries including Saudi Arabia, Japan, Germany and South Korea. President Kais Saied attended the launching from Telnet Holding office, the […]
