The African Development Bank (AfDB) will grant Morocco two loans worth $286 million to finance two programs related to the development of cereal growing and the generalization of social coverage. The first loan, worth €199 million (around MAD 2.16 billion) will go to the Support Program for the Competitive & Resilient Development of Cereals (PADCRC), […]
The UN has decried and reiterated its call on Algeria to immediately halt summary expulsions of African migrants, as authorities in the North African country continue to round up and expel thousands to Niger in harsh desert climate. “These collective expulsions from Algeria to Niger are in utter violation of international law,” Felipe Gonzalez Morales, […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decided to keep the pressure on the ruling junta in Mali, where sanctions remain in place, while Guinea and Burkina Faso are threatened with new sanctions. ECOWAS “urges the transitional authorities to enter into a complementary period of 12 to 16 months” before the organization of elections […]
