The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday it had agreed a $3 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) over 46 months with Egypt, Reuters reports. The deal is part of a four-year international financing program worth a total of $9 billion which also includes $1 billion from the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) and […]
A recent surge in attacks by the Islamic State in the Sahel Province (IS Sahel) has left more than 127 civilians dead in Niger’s Tillabéri region, according to a latest report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The watchdog group described the killings — carried out in at least five separate incidents since March — as […]
The 7th Digital Earth Summit (DES-2018), an international event focusing on digital earth for sustainable development in Africa, will be held in the Atlantic coastal city of El Jadida, Morocco, April 17-19, 2018. This gathering is very important for African and international community of earth observation and geo-spatial information science. It is organized by the […]
