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African Trade & Investment Summit Backs Morocco’s ECOWAS Membership

The second African Trade and Investment summit held this week in Ifrane wound up on a tone of support for Morocco’s membership in the Economic Community of West African States. The participants in the event, notably investors and businessmen from across the continent and beyond, expressed their support for Morocco’s bid to join the West […]

Climate representatives gathered in Kinshasa for pre-COP27 call for more funding

Climate representatives from more than 40 countries who gathered for a pre-COP27 climate summit in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, have called out rich nations for failing to honor a $100bn per year funding pledge to developing countries. Dozens of ministers and senior delegates are in Kinshasa this week for a final meeting […]

Algerian president hopes to stem the Hirak through cosmetic reforms

Algeria’s new ailing president Abdelmejid Tebboune returned to his country after a long absence and dictated a series of actions including the parliament’s dissolution. But critics say such measures are cosmetic as long as the regime shuns real democratic and economic reforms demanded by the pro-democracy Hirak movement. Hirak protesters have maintained their demands for […]