Ivorian new PM Hamed Bakayoko

US to renew AGOA trade pact with Africa

A group of US senators introduced a bill to renew AGOA trade program with 40 nations in Sub-Saharan Africa, to help them maintain duty-free access to the US market ahead of the deal’s expiration next year. The legislation, first enacted in 2000, is expected to be extended until 2041, news agencies reported. Biden’s administration has […]

Morocco: Algerian suspected for links with drug trafficking arrested in Fez

Security forces in Fez, northeastern Morocco, have arrested an Algerian national wanted in his home country for alleged connection with drug trafficking. A statement from the national security directorate, DGSN, revealed that the 36-year old suspect was arrested while he was applying for a residence permit in Morocco.   Security forces found out during the […]

Guinea-Bissau: president dissolves parliament after ‘coup attempt’, fresh elections planned

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has dissolved the nation’s opposition-dominated parliament ahead of fresh elections and shortly after armed clashes in the capital Bissau that he describes as an “attempted coup d’état” and which plunged the small West African nation into yet another crisis. “The date of the next legislative elections will be set at […]