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Plugging the leaks: AfDB urges action as Africa loses $580B annually

Africa is hemorrhaging over $580 billion every year through corruption and illicit financial outflows, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB), jeopardizing economic growth and worsening the continent’s nearly $2 trillion debt crisis. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina, speaking in a recent Bloomberg interview, likened the situation to pouring water into a leaking bucket — “It […]

Heads of African Parliaments’ Foreign Affairs Committees reiterate rejection of ‘all forms of separatism, its instigators, perpetrators’

Participants in the 2nd Forum of Chairpersons of Foreign Affairs Committees of African Parliaments reiterated, on Thursday in Rabat, their firm rejection and condemnation of “all forms of separatism, along with its instigators and perpetrators,” and warned against “any complacency or alignment with this phenomenon.” “Whilst recognizing the need for a new African awareness of […]

Morocco’s Tanger Med Port Records World Biggest Increase in Connectivity Index- UNCTAD

Morocco’s Tanger Med port has recorded the world’s biggest increase in the connectivity index since it started operations in 2007, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In a recently released study, UNCTAD says that the extension of Tanger Med port, which required an investment of €3.5 billion, has tripled the […]