foreign trade

Côte d’Ivoire surpasses SA to top sub-Saharan African sovereign rating — S&P report

Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s top cocoa producer, has risen to the top spot as the best-rated sovereign in sub-Saharan Africa with foreign debt outstanding, overtaking South Africa, according to the latest S&P Global Ratings. While both countries maintain their BB- ratings by S&P Global Ratings, Côte d’Ivoire shifted to positive on what the ratings company […]

NGO alerts UN on forced disappearance of Algerian Hirak activist

Geneva-based non-governmental organization, Alkarama, has addressed a correspondence to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, requesting its intervention with the Algerian authorities regarding the young activist Abdelhamid Bouziza, who forcibly disappeared since October 19. Abdelhamid Bouziza, 25 is a peaceful movement activist and social media blogger who had expressed concern about […]

Libya and Hungary move to revive diplomatic ties

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah engaged in high-level talks with Marcell Bíró, the National Security Adviser to the Hungarian Prime Minister, to explore pathways to deepen cooperation and formally restore diplomatic relations. Bíró, who was accompanied by Hungary’s Special Envoy for Africa, met Dbeibah in Tripoli on Monday, November 17, to assess the current […]