Kenya and Uganda have launched talks for the opening of a one-stop border post in Lokiriama in northwest Kenya with the aim of fighting banditry in the region and in turn boosting cross-border trade. The two neighbors revived their September 2019 memorandum of understanding (MoU) that sought to enhance cross-border trade between the Turkana and […]
Morocco’s 2025 budget has allocated 340 billion dirhams ($34.5 bln) to public investments, up 1.5% from last year. The investments would focus on key sectors such as renewable energies, telecommunications, housing, farming, electricity, water, phosphates, roads, and transports, according to the draft budget. The 2025 assumes a 4.6% growth rate in 2025, up from 3.3% […]
South Africa’s top diplomat has called on Israel to stop “this real crime against humanity” unfolding in Gaza, pointing to “very clear similarities” between Israel’s occupation and the system of apartheid in her country, just as experts highlight the hypocrisy in the largely failed push by the United States to cajole African governments into taking […]
