Japan will provide Côte d’Ivoire with equipment worth €5.3 million to support the West African country’s national plan to grow rice and consequently reduce its dependence on importation. Ivorian Minister Finance Adama Coulibaly and country presentative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Usui Yukichi signed last week the equipment financing. The West African country plans […]
After opening its doors to Arab tourists, Egypt has now turned onto the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). It is inviting all foreign investors to increase their involvement in such partnerships especially those from Britain. The finance minister, Al-Morsi Hegazy, said it will help the investors “profit from promising opportunities.” The minister made these remarks shortly after […]
The United States has officially imposed sweeping sanctions on Sudan’s government, following a determination by the State Department that the regime used chemical weapons against its own citizens in violation of international law. The sanctions, which came into effect on Friday, June 27, were published in the U.S. Federal Register and enacted under the 1991 […]
