The United States has recently condemned in strong terms the imprisonment and the torture endured by anti-slavery activists in Mauritania. The US condemnation came after a court in Mauritania handed 13 members of the slavery abolitionist movement (known by its acronym IRA) sentences ranging from three to 15 years. “The United States is gravely concerned […]
Egyptian private Commercial International Bank (CIB) indicated Sunday it received $250 million from the International Financial Corporation (IFC) in form of multiple loans to be used to support its capital and fund green projects. The first loan has a value of $150 million and a 10-year term, including $90 million for the refinancing of outstanding […]
Pilots of the 737 Max that crashed in Ethiopia last month initially followed Boeing’s standard emergency procedures to try to get control of the plane, before the crash, Ethiopia’s transport minister told a news conference in Addis Ababa on Thursday, as she delivered the first official report on the disaster. According to Dagmawit Moges, the […]
