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New ‘independent’ Africa credit rating agency on track to launch in 2025

A new credit rating agency designed to address the needs of sovereign borrowers in Africa, and led by an African Union (AU) Commissioner, is on track to be launched in 2025, according to a senior AU official. Speaking with reporters in Accra, the AU Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals, Albert Muchanga, […]

Is Turkey Planning to Send Troops to Syria ?

Turkey’s National Security Council has reportedly held lately a meeting to discuss plans to send in troops to Syria to set up a buffer zone and prevent Syrian Kurds from forming their own state. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already obtained the parliament’s approval to launch military action against fighters of the Islamic State and […]

UK PM vows first migrant flights to leave for Rwanda within weeks as parliament passes controversial bill

The United Kingdom’s first deportation flights could leave for Rwanda in 10-12 weeks, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday (22 April), only hours before the controversial government bill finally secured the approval of the upper house of parliament. The Rwanda deportation scheme, criticized by human rights experts and groups supporting asylum seekers, had […]