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Cameroon: Anglophone crisis affects over 4 million – UN

A report released by a United Nations body, OCHA, on Tuesday said over four million Cameroonians are suffering the consequences of the long-running conflict in the country’s North-West and South-West since late 2017. Activists in the country’s Anglophone western regions are protesting their forced assimilation into the dominant Francophone society. They argue that this process […]

TICAD 9: Japan pledges $5.5B and AI training to forge new economic bridge with Africa

At the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), Japan unveiled a sweeping initiative to deepen economic ties with Africa, committing $5.5 billion in development loans and announcing the training of 30,000 AI specialists across the continent over the next three years. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba proposed the creation of an “Indian […]

COVID-19: Morocco extends night curfew, other restrictive measures for two more weeks

Morocco has extended the anti-coronavirus restrictive measures for two more weeks as of Tuesday, February 02 at 9 p.m. The measures include a night curfew, closure of restaurants and shopping centers at 08 p.m. and maintenance of ban on public gatherings.   The restrective measures were first decreed on Dec.23, 2020 for three weeks and […]