In a decisive stride towards climate resilience, the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced plans to establish a dedicated Carbon Markets Support Facility aimed at galvanizing carbon finance across Africa. Recognising the continent’s disproportionate vulnerability to climate change-induced disasters, this pioneering initiative seeks to unlock new streams of investment by formalizing and scaling carbon credit trading. […]
Morocco’s exports of handicrafts exceeded 622 million dirhams between January and November 2017, Minister in charge of the sector Jamila El Mossali said. Local media reported that El Mossali said at the launch of the national handicrafts fair to run till 31 December, 2017 that the sector employs 2.5 million people and represents 7% of […]
Sudan’s military leader, General Abdelfattah Al-Burhan, made Thursday changes in the army amid political and economic turmoil, Reuters reports. Al Burhan reshuffled the leadership of military’s land forces, operations, and supply heads as well as its general inspector. General Mohamed Osman Alhussein, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been kept in his position. […]
