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Africa’s $824bn debt burden, opaque resource-backed loans, hamper continent’s economic potential — AfDB

African Development Bank (AfDB) has asked policymakers to put in place an orderly and predictable way of dealing with Africa’s ballooning, unsustainable external debt pile that reached $824 billion in 2021. Africa’s $824 billion debt burden, the servicing of which requires countries to dedicate 65% of their GDP, and opaque, non-transparent resource-backed loans hamper the […]

Migration: Rabat, Madrid deny any deal allowing Spanish rescue boats to dock in Moroccan ports

Morocco and Spain have both flatly denied the reports circulated by some Spanish media alleging that the two countries have reached an agreement, allowing Spanish rescue boats of illegal immigrants to dock in the northern ports of Morocco. “This is false and arch-false, information. There is no agreement on this matter with Spain,” said Mustapha […]

Noose Tightens around Algeria to Conduct Census of Population Held in Polisario-run Tindouf Camps

The International community is tightening the noose around Algeria to enable a census of the population held in the Polsario-run Camps with the latest call by the House of Appropriators on the US Secretary of State to put pressure on Algiers to cooperate with the UN refugee Agency in this regard. “The Secretary of State […]