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Coup contagion fears threaten new investment, ratchet up interest rates in Africa — experts

The apparent coup trend in Africa, creating a belt of countries that now stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean, is adding to other major concerns deterring many investors from the continent — a wave of debt crises, tense geopolitics, and an extreme vulnerability to climate change. There have been nine coups in […]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Morocco early December

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday in Washington that he will pay a visit to Morocco early December. Mike Pompeo who made the announcement at a news briefing at the State Department described Morocco as “one of the strongest partners” of the United States in the region. “I’m looking forward to reviewing our […]

Egypt : Muslim Brotherhood to defy new law today

A day after declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, Egypt has embarked on the arrest and detention of supporters belonging or supporting the group on the basis of suspicion of being linked to a terrorist organization. Security in the capital has been increased after a second bomb attack in this week. General Al-Sisi said […]