The IMF agreed to offer Egypt a loan worth 8 billion dollars under an Extended Fund Facility to support the country’s economic stability. Following its review, the IMF noted that Egypt’s recovery was slowed by rising global inflation, foreign exchange shortages, and elevated debt levels. Egypt is also struggling with new challenges such as the […]
A contingent of 400 Kenyan police officers, the first of a 1,000-strong force, departed early Tuesday (25 June) for a controversial UN-backed mission in Haiti to combat the influence of powerful criminal gangs that have brought turmoil and violence to the Caribbean nation. A day earlier, Kenyan President William Ruto held a ceremony in the […]
The jihadist violence, which has wracked much of West Africa’s inland Sahel region for more than the past seven years, is now spreading into the coastal states with Benin having recorded more attacks than any other coastal state in the region, experts say. Violence by extremists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in […]
