The World Bank revised downwards economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa to 3% instead of 3.4%, citing the impact of the war in Sudan. The forecast is still higher than the 2.4% registered last year, thanks to increased private consumption and investment, the Bank said in a recent report. The report forecasts growth of 3.9% for […]
France’s African soldiers, known ‘as Senegalese tirailleurs’ who fought in the world wars and the country’s colonial conflicts, have now won their final battle — the surviving fighters will be able to live out their days with their families back in Africa after a French government U-turn on their pension rights. The decision, made in […]
Ways of enhancing further security cooperation between Morocco and the United States were at the center of talks held Thursday in Rabat between US ambassador to Morocco David Fischer and Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director-General of national police and domestic intelligence agency. The two sides also discussed coordination mechanisms in the fight against terrorism, violent extremism, organized […]
