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Cameroon fishermen urge stop to illegal fishing to reverse EU seafood import ban

Fishermen in Cameroon are urging authorities to crack down on hundreds of illegal fishers and fish farmers operating in the Gulf of Guinea after the European Union banned imports of Cameroon’s seafood. There are several hundred fishers in Idenau, a coastal village near Cameroon’s western border with Nigeria, authorities in the capital, Yaoundé, say, while […]

Egypt seeks to get $1.5bn loans before 2016

Egypt is seeking to get $1.5 billion loans from the World Bank and the African Development Bank as fears increase that the Egyptian pound would be devalued if the dwindling foreign currency reserves go below $15 billion. The country has been struggling since 2011 to stabilize its economy and finances shaken by the protests that […]

Libya: Germany Pledges Additional $3.9 Mln Aid For Refugees

Germany pledged Thursday to provide an additional $3.9 million to help Libya improve living conditions of refugees in the North African country. The pledge comes in response to a call from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. The German assistance was announced during the visit Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel paid to Tripoli. He said Germany is […]