Algeria’s FLN, which has offered the military regime a civilian curtain since independence, has won parliamentary elections which were largely boycotted. With a turnout at 23%, the FLN won 105 seats which is still far from the 204 needed to secure a majority. Islamist MSP won 64 and another coalition party the RND received 57 […]
As Coronavirus pandemic is continuing its spread in Africa, banks and insurance companies offer their support to governments in fighting the pandemic. The pan-African banking group UBA, whose head office is in Nigeria, announced in a press release that it makes available to 20 African countries, a donation of 8 billion FCFA to enable these […]
Cameroon needs more than $5.9 billion to rebuild the English-speaking regions devastated by a separatist conflict. The announcement was made by Jacques Fame Ndongo, the country’s Minister of Higher Education. The International Crisis Group estimates that at least 3,000 people have been killed and 530,000 were displaced or forced to flee to neighboring Nigeria and […]
