Mohcine Jazouli in Abidjan May 2019

Tunisia-Germany: President Kais Saeid invited to Berlin for maiden international trip

President of Tunisia Kais Saeid is expected to visit Germany in November as his maiden international trip since his inauguration on October 23 after his landslide victory at the presidential elections. The new President received Monday Germany’s top diplomat Heiko Mass who handed him an invitation from Chancellor Angela Merkel. The German Foreign Minister told […]

UNDP loans Cameroon $21m to strengthen SMEs’ resilience

The UNDP and Cameroon have inked a loan deal of $21 million earmarked to strengthen the resilience of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of the central African country in addressing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Journal du Cameroun reports. The agreement signed between UNDP Chief in Cameroon Jean-Luc Stalon and Alamine Ousmane Mey, Minister of […]

Eleven killed in “M23 attacks” in DRC’s North Kivu province

At least 11 people were killed Sunday in Democratic Republic of Congo’s province of North Kivu, in the attacks attributed to rebel group M23. The local population told the media the incident occurred in Rutshuru territory, dozens of kilometers from Goma, the provincial capital. “I’m at the scene, and there are 11 civilian corpses in […]