AFCON 2019

Where is the money? — Tanzania misused billions of covid-19 funds

After first denying the covid-19 crisis, Tanzania is now unable to account fully for aid received from abroad, as the country’s controller and auditor general has found irregularities of more than $1.6 billion in the funds allotted for the country’s Covid-19 socioeconomic recovery and response (TCRP) plan. The audit report of Tanzania’s controller and auditor […]

Syria: Extremist groups get closer to Damascus and Jordan

A coalition of rebel groups in Syria have made major advances on government held areas thereby getting closer to Jordan and Damascus. The developments will be of huge concern to Assad and King Abdullah especially regarding that the hardline extremists were among those leading the offensive charge. Rebels backed by the Al-Nusra Front, an Al-Qaeda […]

Morocco, Mauritania launch roadmap to bolster cooperation in road & port infrastructure

Morocco’s Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, and his Mauritanian peer, Mohamed Aly Ould Sidi Mohamed, launched at a meeting held, in Rabat on Tuesday, a roadmap for strengthening bilateral cooperation in infrastructure and ports. The meeting examined the means to launch structuring projects which will have a positive impact in Mauritania, in particular […]