AfDB Governors

Cameroon, Nigeria to join Ivory-Ghana-led Cocoa cartel, boosting growers’ leverage

Cameroon and Nigeria have requested to join the Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI), a joint body spearheading the interests of the two countries in the Cocoa trade — if both countries are admitted, the initiative will represent about two-thirds of global Cocoa production. The initiative was set up after a 2018 declaration by Ivory Coast […]

Morocco’s Tourism sector gets support from EBRD & UNWTO

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has teamed up with the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) to help tourism industry recover from the covid-19 impact in several countries, including Morocco. The coronavirus lockdown has affected many sectors of the global economy, with tourism being among the hardest hit as worldwide destinations introduced restrictions on […]

France agrees to pull troops from Burkina Faso, UNHCR warns of vacuum in Sahel

France will withdraw its troops from Burkina Faso within a month in response to the request from the junta-ruled Burkinabe government, the French foreign ministry said Wednesday, Jan.25. “According to the terms of the accord, the termination (of the 2018 agreement on the status of French armed forces present in the country) takes effect a […]