Senegalese Aliou Sall

IMF projects Kenya to dethrone Ethiopia as East Africa’s largest economy in 2025

Kenya is set to become East Africa’s largest economy by 2025, overtaking Ethiopia, according to new projections from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF forecasts Kenya’s GDP will reach $132 billion, surpassing Ethiopia’s projected $117 billion. This shift is driven by divergent economic strategies. Ethiopia’s decision to devalue its currency, the birr, by over […]

Morocco re-elected by acclamation to UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

The UN Economic and Social Council on Wednesday re-elected Morocco, by acclamation, as a member of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the UN’s central decision-making body on drugs. The Kingdom, which currently sits on this Commission, whose work is held in Vienna, was re-elected on behalf of the Group of African States, for a term […]

Kenya-Africom: airstrike eliminated al-Shabaab leader associated with Manda Bay attack

The US military has claimed to have eliminated a leader of the Somali jihadist group of Al-Shabab who is reportedly linked to the attack perpetrated last January against the American military base at Manda Bay in Kenya and which killed three American soldiers.   The United States Command for Africa (Africom) said in a statement […]