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COVID-19: France closes borders to Algerians

France Thursday announced that residents in Algeria are banned from entering the French territory as part of the prevention against covid-19 pandemic that is fast spreading in the North African country. The European Union last week issued a list of non-European countries whose residents can enter the Schengen area as the 27-country bloc reopened its […]

Climate Change: Morocco Chairs 52nd Meeting of Economic Commission for Africa

Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the African Union and the UN Economic Commission, Mohammed Arrouchi, is chairing the 52nd Session of the ECA’s Conference of Ministers which opened works Monday in the Seychelles. Speaking during this two-day gathering, Mr. Arrouchi said climate change is a pressing issue that demands urgent multilateral action. “I believe that our […]

Sub-Saharan Africa to fall into recession in 2020—World Bank

The World Bank has warned that the rapidlyspreading coronavirus outbreak is expected to push sub-Saharan Africa into recession in 2020 for the first time in 25 years. The International lender’s Africa’s Pulse report released on Tuesday said the region’s economy will contract 2.1% to 5.1% from growth of 2.4% last year, and that the coronavirus […]