The United Kingdom is to cut import taxes on hundreds more products from some of the world’s poorest countries, which is a part of its wider push to use trade to “drive prosperity and help eradicate poverty”, as well as reduce dependency on aid. The Department for International Trade said Monday (15 August) the scheme […]
The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) elected Tuesday Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, the President of the Transition Military Council of Chad, as its new Chairman in replacement of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. The commission gathered in Abuja at the 16th Summit of the Heads of State and Government. Buhari, reports say, before handing the baton […]
In Mali, Al Qaeda-linked militants have said they are ready to attend peace talks with Mali’s government, but on condition that it expels foreign troops from the war-torn West African nation. The terror group made its position known in a statement issued on Monday following a decision by Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita last […]
