Kenya wants to renegotiate a multibillion-dollar loan from China that was used to build a major railway because though the country is up to date on its payments, it cannot continue with the current 20-year schedule. Answering questions from a parliamentary committee, Kenya’s incoming transport minister, Kipchumba Murkomen, said the country will have to ask […]
Morocco’s food industry is a key component of the industrial fabric employing 156,000 people and generating a turnover of 115 billion dirhams, industry, investment and digital economy minister Moulay Hafid Elalamy said. Speaking at the question time at the Lower House of Parliament, Elalamy said that the sector has 1900 production plants, and that the […]
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, all governed by military juntas, are preparing to launch a new biometric passport as part of their exit from the regional bloc Ecowas. After a series of coups between 2020 and 2023, these countries formed the Alliance of Sahel States and announced their intention to leave Ecowas earlier this year. […]
