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CEMAC raises €3.8 billion in Paris for infrastructure development

The Economic and Monetary Community of Central African Countries raised €3.8 billion at a two-day round table in Paris. The Funds are destined to finance the bloc’s Regional Economic Program meant to boost growth by 2025. The program comprises 84 projects, including 11 presented as priority integrating projects. The total cost of these projects has […]

ECOWAS activates 5,000-strong counterterrorism force amid Sahel’s rising insecurity

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched a 5,000-member counterterrorism force in response to the escalating security crisis in the Sahel and wider West Africa. Announced during the 43rd meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff in Abuja, this force is designed to confront the growing influence of jihadist […]

Burundi government kills at least 22 in pre-election violence

The Burundian government said on Tuesday it had killed at least 22 “wrongdoers” in what it described as violence linked to upcoming presidential election scheduled for May. “Wrongdoers took advantage of this electoral period thinking people are distracted,” police spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye said on the state broadcaster RTNB. “The population should remain calm because security […]