The World Bank Board has approved $365 million in International Development Association (IDA) financing to increase girls’ and women’s access to learning, economic opportunities, and utilization of health services, and to strengthen the institutional capacity for gender equality in Western and Central Africa. The Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus project (SWEDD+) has […]
Morocco has scored a major win in its defense of its territorial integrity with the Israeli outspoken recognition, adding to the vocal support of Washington and other Western capitals. The Israeli decision was announced in a letter to King Mohammed VI from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who said his country also “considers positively” opening a […]
Lawmakers in the British opposition, scholars, journalists and activists have voiced their dismay at Downing Street’s invite to Egyptian President al-Sissi who is expected in the British capital early next month. In a letter published by the Guardian on Tuesday, some 55 signatories called on London to withdraw the invitation extended to the Egyptian President. […]
