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TICAD8 scheduled in Tunisia next August 27-28 – Japan’s Foreign Ministry

The Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8) is due next August 27-28 in Tunisia, announced the Japanese Foreign ministry in a press release. The format of the meeting will be determined in due course while taking into account a number of factors, such as the COVID-19 situation, the press release said, adding that […]

DRC needs political reform to defeat armed groups — East African nations

Kenya is hosting a third round of talks, convened by the East African Community (EAC) regional bloc, aimed at bringing peace to the volatile eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This week’s talks in Nairobi focus on the crucial question how to solve the political, security and social problems that have plagued […]

COVID-19: Casablanca to transform international exhibition center into 700-bed hospital

Local authorities in Morocco’s largest city of Casablanca announced their plan to transform an exhibition center into a hospital able to accommodate 700 coronavirus patients. The exhibition center is the largest in Morocco stretching over a surface area of 20,000 square meters, authorities said in a statement. The center will be transformed into a hospital […]