Pressure Mounts on Morocco as Migrants Opt for Western Mediterranean Route to Europe

Migrants are increasingly shunning the Libyan routes for security reasons in favor of the closer and less risky Moroccan-Spanish land and sea borders. Some 400 migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa reached Spain on Thursday after storming a double barrier between Morocco and the Spain-occupied enclave of Ceuta, with some attacking security forces with quicklime, police told […]

Trump’s new tariffs set to reshape U.S.-Africa trade relations

The United States has unveiled a sweeping new tariff regime affecting 185 countries, including 51 African nations, with rates ranging from 10% to 50% depending on each country’s existing duties on American imports. Set to take effect April 5-9, these “reciprocal tariffs” represent President Donald Trump’s latest effort to address what he termed in an […]

CEMAC: 2020 draft budget under review in Yaoundé

The Cameroonian capital Yaoundé is hosting the 34th ordinary session of the Council of Ministers of the Central African Economic Union (CEMAC) Oct.31 through Nov.2. This meeting will see the participation of delegations led by ministers of economy of the six-member countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC). The meeting will […]