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U.S. supports Morocco’s post earthquake recovery with over $12 Mln funding

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced $12.6 million funding in support for Morocco’s post-earthquake recovery efforts. After the deadly Al Haouz earthquake of Sept.8, Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, set out an ambitious five-year plan for “integrated reconstruction and general upgrading of the affected regions” that focuses on a […]

China’s slowing economy to weaken Africa’s growth prospects

China’s slowdown that results in shrinking Chinese demand and its shift to green and high-tech sectors are bound to harm Africa’s economic prospects, according to a number of experts who have warned against an excessive dependence of African countries on the world’s second-largest economy. Economic relations between China and Africa expanded rapidly over the past […]

Burkina Faso to send troops to Niger to prop up junta in event of aggression

The government of Burkina Faso has green-lighted plans to send military troops to Niger to back the junta in power in case of foreign aggression as possible military intervention of regional bloc Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) looms. A Cabinet statement late Wednesday August 30, Anadolu news agency reports, said the government was […]