Africa has taken a major step toward financial self-determination with the launch of PAPSSCARD, the continent’s first Pan-African card scheme. Announced during the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings in Abuja, Nigeria, the card aims to keep value, data, and economic benefits within Africa by processing payments entirely on the continent. The PAPSSCARD is a joint initiative […]
Somaliland’s new president, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, is offering the United States access to a strategic military base near the Red Sea and critical mineral resources, including lithium, in exchange for formal diplomatic recognition. The breakaway region, which declared independence from Somalia in 1991, has yet to receive international recognition despite decades of stability and democratic […]
Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has confirmed that two workers were killed and six others injured after an explosion at a gas pipeline facility in the Abu Sultan area of Ismailia governorate on Sunday evening. The blast, which occurred during routine maintenance preparations, was traced to the detachment of a launcher trap […]
