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Moroccan Blue Helmets Free 15 Hostages in CAR

The Moroccan contingent taking part in the UN peacekeeping mission (MINUSCA) in the Central African Republic (CAR) completed another heroic act by liberating 15 hostages that were held by the Ugandan militia known as the Lord Resistance Army (LRA). The operation was jointly conducted with CAR armed forces in the village of Koumbou east of […]

Second Intra-African Trade Fair to generate $40 billion in trade deals

The second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2020) scheduled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda in September 2020 will target the execution of Intra-African trade deals worth more than $40 billion, President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Prof. Benedict Oramah announced on Wednesday. The event, co-organized by Afreximbank and the African Union (AU), which is […]

Algeria has Long Way to Go to Counter Terrorism Financing- U.S. Report

The scale of the informal market in Algeria dominated by cash transactions make it hard to counter terrorism financing, the U.S. department of state said in a report. “Foreign exchange restrictions and distrust of banks push Algerians to cash transactions and informal currency-exchange markets,” the U.S. State Department said in the Country Reports on Terrorism […]