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Morocco’s Nawal El Moutawakel Re-elected to World Athletics Board

Former Moroccan Olympic champion Nawal El Moutawakel was re-elected to the Executive Board of World Athletics, the international athletics federation, for a four-year term. The election took place during the 54th Congress of World Athletics held in Budapest, just two days before the start of the World Athletics Championships in the Hungarian capital this Saturday. […]

Burkina Faso Frees Four Civilians Forcibly Recruited for Anti-Jihadist Combat

Four individuals who were abducted and forcibly conscripted by the Burkinabè military junta to fight jihadists have been released, according to their families and a security source speaking to AFP. Their abductions occurred after they publicly criticised the junta, led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, which seized power in a coup in September 2022. Authorities have […]

Africa’s digital development needs boost from AfCFTA, import duties cuts — World Bank

African countries face higher tariffs and tend to import relatively low-quality digital goods compared to other regions, especially in low-income nations, a recent research by World Bank economists has found. Despite relying heavily on imports, tariffs that African countries impose on imported digital goods are about three times higher than other regions, the research has […]