Mali, Niger scrap two tax deals with France, part of campaign to de-westernize

Mali and Niger have announced they have nullified two historic tax treaties with France, noting that Paris’s hostility towards both West African nations is the reason for the move. According to a joint statement published on Tuesday (5 December), the cancellation of the two treaties, which was meant to avoid double taxation and help in […]

China expands tariff-free access to African goods

China has announced plans to eliminate tariffs on nearly all imports from 53 African countries with which it maintains diplomatic ties, extending a previous policy that offered zero-tariff treatment to only 33 least-developed African nations. The announcement was made during a ministerial meeting in China’s city of Changsha, as African leaders gathered to review the […]

Algerian President manipulates and inflates economic indicators

Soon after announcing the retrieval of 20 billion dollars, President Tebboune drew mockery when he said that another 36 billion dollar amount was confiscated from a family that concealed it somewhere in vast Algeria. That brings the total sum of allegedly seized money to $56 billion, a sum that is about 35% of Algeria’s GDP […]