Africa has potential to become new global supply chain player — UNCTAD report

With its abundant resources and growing consumer market, Africa can become a prominent manufacturing destination for tech-intensive industries and a key link in global supply chains, according to the Economic Development in Africa Report 2023 that has just been launched (16 August) by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). African economies can […]

COVID-19: Easing or lifting restrictive measures in Morocco depends on evolution of epidemiological situation

The decision to ease or lift the confinement and other restrictions imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus remains closely linked to the evolution of the epidemiological situation in Morocco, said spokesperson for the government, Saaid Amzazi. “The government has decided to gradually ease the quarantine measures according to the zones and in phases, […]

Mali: arrest of four executives from Canadian firm Barrick Gold

Four executives from the Barrick Gold Corporation have been detained in Mali, the Canadian mining company has confirmed, adding that all these employees of its Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex had been charged and detained pending trial. The arrests come as the Sahel country’s military regime intensifies efforts to impose additional taxes on foreign mining companies by […]