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South Sudan seeks $2.5 billion in oil-backed loans mid rising debt concerns

South Sudan has confirmed it requested $2.5 billion in oil-backed loans from two international firms, exceeding the country’s annual budget of less than $2 billion. The Petroleum ministry said on Thursday that the requests, sent in late October, were preliminary and intended solely for official Government purposes. The loans comprise $1 billion from ONGC Nile […]

United States commends Morocco on repatriation of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdul Latif Nasir

The United States has commended this Monday, July 19, Morocco for its collaboration in the repatriation of Abdul Latif Nasir (Abdellatif Nasser), a Moroccan citizen who had been detained at the Guantanamo Bay facility. “Abdul Nasir is the first detainee to be repatriated to his country of origin under the Biden-Harris administration,” State Department spokesman […]

Joe Biden touches down in Africa on last-ditch trip to counterbalance China, Russia

Outgoing US president Joe Biden arrived in Angola on Monday (2 December) for his long-awaited inaugural presidential visit to the continent and also the first-ever visit by a sitting US head of state to the oil-rich southern African country. On his way to the African continent, Biden stopped in the Atlantic Ocean island nation of […]