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Madagascar: President’s Chief of Staff arrested by British Crime Agency over corruption

The National Crime Agency (NCA), the United Kingdom’s lead agency against organized crime, human, weapon, drug trafficking, cybercrime and economic crime has arrested and detained Romy Voos Andrianarisoa, the Civil Chief of Staff of Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina over corruption allegations. The Malagasy official, the agency indicated Monday August 14, was arrested last Thursday August […]

Europe: Pope Chides West for Trying to Impose Own View of Democracy to Iraq, Libya

Head of the Roman Catholic Church in an interview published Monday rebuked the West for trying to impose its own style of democracy in countries such as Libya, Iraq while ignoring long-established political and cultural structures. Pope Francis speaking to France-based Roman Catholic paper La Croix indicated that Western powers in their drive to export […]

UAE flexes its climate finance muscles to contribute to Africa’s green energy transition

As the United Arab Emirates (UAE) prepares to host the COP28 climate summit from 30 November to 12 December, the Gulf state has made a marked presence in Africa’s burgeoning green finance sector, with a group of Emirati investors having unveiled a landmark $4.5 billion pledge to invest in clean energy projects on the continent […]