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Poverty: World Bank to boost lending to Africa

The World Bank’s new president, David Malpass, announced over the week plans to boost lending to African countries to help fight poverty. Malpass made the statement after touring Madagascar, Ethiopia and Mozambique on April 29-May 3. He met with these countries’ leaders and stakeholders and visited World Bank-funded projects. Africa is working at reducing poverty […]

Ten soldiers killed, Fifty wounded in Burkina Faso army base attack

At least 10 soldiers died and around 50 were wounded in Burkina Faso on Monday (24 October) in an assault on an army base and other strategic installations in the northern city of Djibo. The “terrorist attack” hit the 14th regiment at a military base and “other strategic installations in the town“, which has been […]

Mauritania signs “win-win” fishing agreement with EU

Mauritania and the European Union (EU) have signed the fourth implementing protocol to the EU’s Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) in a deal described by both partners as a “win-win” agreement. The implementation of the SFPA started in December 2006. After 16 months of intense negotiations, Nouakchott’s chief negotiator Cheikh Ould Baya said apart from the economic gains and […]