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Kenyan MPs demand more details on secret $5bn railway loan deal with China

Some Kenyan lawmakers are demanding to see more documents from a secret $5bn loan agreement with a Chinese bank that financed a cross-country railway, with critics of the deal blaming the government of the day for having given too much legal authority to China. The 2011 agreement was shielded from public view until Kenya’s transport […]

Morocco seeks vaccines from 3 to 4 companies

Preparations are ongoing for Morocco to launch a large-scale vaccination campaign as Morocco is in talks with different producers to acquire effective vaccines, head of the Moroccan government said. Morocco has ordered the Sinopharm vaccine and is waiting for the results of phase three before using it in a campaign that is expected to start […]

Jihadi violence takes root in Benin, its spread worries West Africa

The jihadist violence, which has wracked much of West Africa’s inland Sahel region for more than the past seven years, is now spreading into the coastal states with Benin having recorded more attacks than any other coastal state in the region, experts say. Violence by extremists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in […]