EU Commissioner for migration Avramopoulos

Intra-Africa trade hampered by high costs, cumbersome border procedures — TMA report

Trade among African countries within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is hampered by inefficient border procedures, complex documentation requirements and the lack of harmonization of regulatory regimes, all of which create major business obstacles, a new report by TradeMark Africa (TMA) says. The report, titled ‘Trade Facilitation Report: Driving African Trade through Digitalization’, […]

Cameroon military crushes separatist rebellion in country’s English-speaking region

Cameroon’s military announces it deployed scores of troops to three districts on Monday January 2 in the central African state’s English-speaking Northwest region to deal with an increased violence by armed gangs. The military says armed gangs in Oku, Kumbo and Kakiri districts over the weekend sealed markets, chased people and vehicles from the streets […]

Bombardier to Open €60 million Rail Plant in Morocco by 2020

multinational aerospace and transportation company Bombardier said it will set up a rail factory in Morocco worth €60 million with a potential to employ 2000 people by 2020. The announcement was made by head of Bombardier activities in Morocco Taoufiq Boussaid, who was speaking at the Rail Industry Summit in Casablanca. He said that Bombardier […]