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Green Peace accuses China of illegal fishing off Coasts of West African

Green Peace report published on Wednesday says Chinese fishing companies have been illegally off the coast of Wets African. The report points at 114 illegal cases of Chinese vessels operating in the waters off Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone. These vessels among which government-owned vessels from the China National Fisheries Corporation […]

Tunisia: Nine clandestine migration attempts foiled, 306 individuals arrested

Tunisian coastguards have foiled 9 clandestine migration attempts involving 306 people, in several regions of the country. Colonel Houssem Eddine Jebabli, spokesman for the Direction General of National Guard in three different statements indicated that units of the National Guard in the regions of the center and Sahel (east coast) have foiled, in the nights […]

English-speaking ECOWAS countries reject rebranding of CFA currency

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 […]