New Moroccan cabinet oct 9 2019

Algeria’s car industry fiasco, a fallout of lack of economic vision

The Algerian government’s decision to ban imports of new cars has led to vehicle shortage and soaring of prices of used cars in a country that failed to launch its own car industry. In Algiers, one can buy an old car for the price of a new car as the country adopts measures to keep […]

Rwanda starts administering Marburg jabs

Rwanda said it unrolled a Marburg vaccination campaign after some 21 people were killed by the virus. Vaccination would at first focus on medics combating the disease and those most vulnerable, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana told reporters. On October 4, The United States government completed an initial shipment of vaccine doses and therapeutic drugs for […]

Burkina Faso nationalizes strategic gold assets

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has completed the nationalization of five gold mining assets, marking a significant pivot in its economic strategy aimed at asserting greater control over the country’s mineral wealth, international media reported. The move, finalized through a government decree earlier this month, transfers ownership of two producing gold mines and three exploration permits […]