AfDB African economic Outlook 2020

Zimbabwe’s farming success: wheat self-sufficient for first time since 2004

Zimbabwe has set its largest wheat harvest in 2022 that reached 375,000 tons, making the landlocked country in southern Africa a self-sufficient agricultural powerhouse, which is a unique performance on the continent. The harvest in 2022 was 13% higher than the previous year, breaking a half-century old record. The area sown to wheat has increased […]

Mali: U.S. Set to Resume Intelligence Operations against Jihadists

The United States is believed close to reaching an agreement with Mali that would allow American aircraft and drones to resume intelligence operations against jihadist groups operating in the Sahel country. According to press reports, the move shows plans to return to the Sahel region after years of disengagement, leaving Russia, China and Turkey to […]

Lemine Ould Aboy, Mauritania’s New Ambassador to Morocco

Mauritania has finally appointed Mohamed Lemine Ould Aboy as its new ambassador to Morocco; filling thus the position that has remained vacant since 2012. Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has appointed Mohamed Lemine Ould Aboy ambassador to Morocco, it was officially announced in Nouakchott. Mohamed Lemine Ould Aboye had occupied previously the po-sitions of […]