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Mauritania: President Ould Abdel Aziz Denies any Attempt to Stay in Power

The Mauritanian President last week indicated he never planned to change the constitution to be able to run again for elections at the end of his current mandate ending in 2019, reports say. Tension has risen since March between the opposition and the ruling party after some ministers and lawmakers suggested change of the constitution […]

Côte d’Ivoire: Trial of suspects of 2016 attack starts next week

Eighteen people arrested in connection with the 2016 attack in Grand-Bassam that caused the death of 19 people will stand trial next week on charges of ‘acts of terrorism in association with a collective organization’, reports say. Three young assailants stormed Etoile du Sud hotel in the seaside resort, some 40 kilometers east of Côte […]

AfDB loans Côte d’Ivoire €165m to finance key programs of country’s National Development Plan 2021-2025

The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced Monday the approval by its board of directors of two loans valued at €165 million earmarked for the implementation of the Diversification, Industrial Acceleration, Competitiveness and Employment (DAICE) Program, an important aspect of the country’s National Development Plan 2021-2025. The first loan is worth €120 million and the second […]