A crisis is brewing between the two West African neighbors, Mauritania and Senegal. It all started after Mauritanian coast guards shot dead two Senegalese fishermen. The incident has propelled Senegal to deploy a warship in its sea borders with Mauritania. Senegalese voiced their outrage at the killing of the two fishermen with hundred protesters taking […]
The government of South Sudan has received around $600 million from the Chinese government to pay outstanding civil servants’ salaries. South Sudan News Agency, quoting government sources, said the new loan aims to cover salaries payment. The move comes weeks after many South Sudanese deputies boycotted the presentation of the 2019-2020 budget, rising against the […]
Morocco’s bakers have decided to halt the planned increase in bread prices following the pending talks with government. The Moroccan Federation of Bakers and Patissiers (FBPM) agreed that for now the prices of 10-30 centimeter loaves of bread are going to stay the same. The envisaged price increase should have concerned about 15,000 bakeries. According […]
