The African business community has maintained its bullish outlook on the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), as it weathers global instability, mainly due to the Russia-Ukraine war and the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. African business advocacy group the Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFTRAC) has published the results […]
Amazigh militant and human rights activist Kamal Eddine Fekhar was rushed from prison to a hospital in the city of Mina near the restive Algerian Amazigh-speaking city of Ghardaia after staging a hunger strike, local reporters said. Kamal Eddine Fekhar started the hunger strike on January 3, 2017 in protest for his arbitrary detention on […]
Mauritania hosted, Dec.8-9, its National Insurance Conference in Nouakchott, aimed at modernizing a sector that currently contributes only 0.33% of GDP, far below the African average of 2%. The conference, organized by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) following the adoption of new legislation in September 2025, brought together hundreds of insurance professionals, experts, investors, […]
