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US-Zambia inaugural business summit to boost trade, investment

Zambia is hosting a two-day business summit in Lusaka this week to try to attract American investors to the country, in effort to diversify the economy and decrease dependence on extractive industries such as copper, according to Zambian officials. Moving away from dependence on extractive industries, which account for most of the country’s exports, is […]

Algeria, after Muzzling the Press, Censors Critical Academic Research

After censoring and co-opting the free press sending several journalists to jail, now is the turn of academicians. The Algerian regime moved to stifle researchers who venture to do objective study unearthing the predicaments of the ailing military regime in Algiers. The case of Leila Sidhoum is illustrative of the authoritarian measures prejudicial to the […]

Italy migration summit aims to help Africa reduce migrant flows to Europe

Mediterranean and Middle East countries are meeting in Rome on Sunday (23 July) in an international conference organized by the Italian government to boost efforts to stem illegal migration flows. The meeting is to discuss development projects in the Southern Mediterranean and North Africa and partnerships for projects in sectors including agriculture, infrastructure and health, […]