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CAR Defense Minister to visit Russia next week amid talks for Moscow to set up military base

Defense Minister of the Central African Republic (CAR) Claude Rameaux Bireau is set to visit Russia next week amid talks between the two countries for Moscow to set up a military base in the African country now very close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. CAR ambassador to Russia Leon Dodonu-Punagaza told the media about the […]

Fitch Solutions Expects Morocco to Hold Interest Rate at 2.25% in 2019

Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) will hold its key policy rate at 2.25 pc in 2019 due to subdued inflation and a neutral shift in US Fed policy, says Fitch Solutions in its latest report on the North African Kingdom. In a bid to protect foreign exchange reserves and limit imported inflation, BAM will […]

DRC files criminal lawsuit against Apple, accusing tech giant of covering up war crimes

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has filed a criminal lawsuit in France and Belgium against subsidiaries of the US multinational company Apple, accusing the tech giant of complicity in crimes committed by armed groups that control some of the mines in the east of the country. Acting on behalf of the government in Kinshasa, […]