public transport

Japan grants Burkina Faso $1.3m for road maintenance

Japan’s international Cooperation Agency, JICA, has provided Burkina Faso with $1.3 million destined to finance acquisition of equipment to be used in the maintenance of roads in the West African country. Burkina Faso’s top diplomat Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore signed the grant deal with JICA local resident Keiichi Okitsu. Traore said that the agreement will give […]

Algeria: French ‘Le Monde’ Denied Visa to Cover Valls Visit to Algiers

Algerian authorities have refused to issue entry visas for “Le Monde” journalist to cover French Prime Minister Manuel Valls’ two-day official visit to Algiers in retaliation to the paper’s publication of Algerian President’s photo on its front page beside photos of world leaders named in the Panama Papers leak. “Algerian authorities have refused to issue […]

Libya: List of candidates for the transitional executive unveiled

The 75 delegates of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum pre-selected on Saturday the candidates for the posts of Prime Minister and members of the presidential council after nearly three months of talks. The UN Mission in Libya, UNSMIL, has published the list of the candidates for the four main executive positions; namely the three Presidency […]