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Mali’s military junta ‘suspends’ political party activities; political parties, civil society groups reject suspension & call for free elections

Mali’s ruling junta has issued a decree banning all political party activities until further notice, citing the need to maintain public order, which comes amid calls on the military-run authorities to organize free elections. Malian political parties and civil society groups jointly rejected on Thursday the ruling junta’s order to suspend political activities and vowed […]

AfDB loans Seychelles $33m as strengthened response to climate change, transition to clean energy

The board of directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan worth $33 million to Seychelles destined to strengthen the country’s response to climate change and the transition to clean energy in the framework of the implementation of the Phase III of the Governance and Economic Reforms Support Program. The approval came […]

Algeria’s oil and gas revenue shrinks 41% by September

Algeria’s oil and gas exports dropped 41% to 14.6 billion dirhams in the first nine months this year, casting a shadow of deep uncertainty for a country that relies on hydrocarbons for more than 90% of its exports. Algeria’s energy minister Abdelmadjid Attar said that the drop was ascribed to low export volumes and low […]