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Africa has potential to become new global supply chain player — UNCTAD report

With its abundant resources and growing consumer market, Africa can become a prominent manufacturing destination for tech-intensive industries and a key link in global supply chains, according to the Economic Development in Africa Report 2023 that has just been launched (16 August) by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). African economies can […]

Junta in Niger appoints transitional Prime Minister

The National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), the new leadership in Niger, appointed Monday former Finance Minister Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine as the country’s transitional Prime Minister. Zeine served as Finance minister under Mamadou Tandja, who led the country from 1999 to 2010 after return to civilian rule. The 58-year-old politician and […]

Moroccan King’s mediation for opening of Allenby Border Crossing commended as a diplomatic, humanitarian breakthrough

The mediation conducted by King Mohammed VI that led to opening of the Allenby Border Crossing 24/7 has been commended by many politicians, MPs, and analysts, who described the opening of the border crossing as a diplomatic and humanitarian breakthrough. The opening, without interruption, of the Allenby/King Hussein border crossing, linking the West Bank and […]