Qatar’s candidate in the race for the post of UNESCO Director General, Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawar, Monday won the first round of elections ahead of Friday final decision. Kawar won 19 out of 58 votes outdoing French candidate Audrey Azoulay and Cairo’s candidate Moushira Khattab who got respectively 13 and 11 votes. The four […]
Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have agreed to reopen their border after successful negotiations that have resolved a trade dispute between the two countries that led Zambia to briefly close its border over the weekend. Zambia announced on Sunday (11 August) it had closed its border with its northern neighbor after the […]
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is in advanced discussion with Senegal’s oil refiner to raise $500 million in syndicated finance, a senior official of the bank told Reuters. The funds will be used to upgrade the company’s old refinery. Société Africaine de Raffinage (SAR), is the oldest refinery of West Africa. The company has recently […]
