The junta-led government in Gabon has increased by three per cent the 2024 budget allotted for armed forces, up from $30 million of last year. The 2024 budget will cover clothing and food for the troops, as well as fuel for the various vehicles of the armed forces. The increase, Gabon Review reports, follows several […]
Only 16 African heads of state have arrived in St. Petersburg to attend the second Russia-Africa Summit — fewer than half of the 43 who came to the first summit in 2019 — a striking disappointment for the Kremlin despite its recent flurry of diplomatic efforts in the continent. Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting […]
Libya’s public debt stood at nearly $50 billion in 2024, according to the annual report of the Libyan Audit Bureau, excerpts of which were published by the state-run Libyan News Agency. The report puts total debt at 270 billion Libyan dinars (about $49.8 billion), comprising 84 billion dinars owed by the Tripoli-based Government of National […]
