African Union

Mauritania gets submarine cable connection

The first phase of the submarine cable ACE (Africa Coast to Europe) which connects coastal countries has been launched by France Telecom-Orange and other members of the ACE consortium. The cable provides access to high-speed Internet to beneficiaries and brings additional capacity to existing international networks. Mauritania with twelve other countries will be benefiting from […]

Mauritania becomes second signatory state of the FEDA Establishment Agreement

Mauritania has signed the Agreement for the Establishment of the Fund for Export-Development in Africa (FEDA), a development impact-oriented subsidiary of the Afreximbank.   Mauritania becomes the second signatory of the FEDA Establishment Agreement after Rwanda which signed it in November 2020, afreximbank announced in a press release.   To complete the FEDA Legal Establishment, […]

Gabon: Constitutional court validates 8 presidential candidacies, including that of military leader Oligui Nguema

Gabon’s Constitutional Court has finalized a slate of eight candidates for the upcoming presidential election, including interim President Brice Oligui Nguema, who assumed power in a military coup in 2023. The April 12 electoral contest represents a critical juncture in Gabon’s political transition following decades of Bongo family dominance over the oil-rich Central African nation. […]