Mali’s military junta ‘suspends’ political party activities; political parties, civil society groups reject suspension & call for free elections

Mali’s ruling junta has issued a decree banning all political party activities until further notice, citing the need to maintain public order, which comes amid calls on the military-run authorities to organize free elections. Malian political parties and civil society groups jointly rejected on Thursday the ruling junta’s order to suspend political activities and vowed […]

Four Benin political parties bag state funding worth $2.5m

Four political parties in Benin pocketed Monday close to $2.5 million in form of state funding for political movements having representatives in the legislature or local governments. Bloc Republicain (BR), Union Progessiste Le Renouveau (UPR), Force Cauris pour le Benin Emergent (FCBE) and Les Democrates (LD) received the fund from the Chairman of National Autonomous […]

Libya-China: Harbour Company to conduct study of potential investments in Libyan infrastructure projects

Beijing-based China Harbour Company, a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company, has been tasked to conduct studies of potential investments in infrastructure projects in Libya, under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Misurata Free Zone (MFZ). The deal was signed on the sidelines of the North African International Conference and Exhibition for Ports and Free […]