The Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, has increased by 300 per cent its defense budget for 2023 to $1 billion in view of “ramping up the power of the armed forces and to revamp military industry”. The defense budget accounts for 10.4 per cent of the total budge put at $14.6 billion. This budget […]
The US embassy in Tunis announced Wednesday October 11 the suspension of services for two days, October 12-13, for security reasons on the backdrop of a demonstration in support of Palestine amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Tunisia’s powerful labor union UGTT is organizing this October 12 a nationwide demonstration in favor of Palestine, […]
The Mauritanian Investment Promotion Agency, in collaboration with the African Development Bank, convened, on March 25, 2026, a high-level workshop in Nouakchott to review financing mechanisms aimed at supporting private sector projects. The initiative forms part of broader efforts to strengthen cooperation between regional financial institutions and domestic economic actors, with a view to stimulating […]
