The Finance and Economy Ministers, as well as Governors of central banks of English-speaking West African countries on Thursday criticized a move to rename the CFA franc used by former French colonies, saying the move jarred with plans to introduce a region-wide currency of the same name. In December, The Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara announced […]
The Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, located in southern Algeria, are a time bomb threatening the security and stability of the whole region, said Ivory Coast newspaper ‘Le Mandat’. In a story published Thursday on the growing terrorist threats in the Sahel-Sahara, the daily said the region is already facing serious challenges, namely terrorism which claimed hundreds […]
The Étoile d’Or Grand Prix of the 22nd Marrakech International Film Festival has been awarded to Franco-Tunisian filmmaker Erige Sehire’s “Promised Sky,” announced the Jury of the official competition during the closing ceremony that took place on Saturday night at Marrakech’s Congress Palace. During this ceremony attended by cinema stars as well as figures from […]
