The foreign ministers of Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan, Chad and Niger will be meeting in Cairo on Monday to discuss the developments in ongoing Libyan war. The meeting coincides with the taking over of the airport in the capital by a coalition of Islamist militias a day after another round of airstrikes was carried […]
Elected Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has called on “the US government and the entire international community to help us restore our constitutional order,” as the newly installed junta announced they were scrapping military pacts with France and warned to respond ‘immediately’ to any ‘aggression’ by the West Africa bloc. In a column entitled ‘My Country […]
The IMF expects the Sub-Saharan African economy to grow by 3.6% in 2024 and 4.2% in 2025, noting that growth remains “subdued and uneven.” Resource-intensive countries continue to grow at about half the rate of the rest of the region, with oil exporters struggling the most, the IMF said in its regional economic outlook. “Factors […]
