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Senegal-Gambia: Customs agreement allows resumption of road traffic between the two countries

Traffic has resumed Thursday on the Trans-Gambian route, which connects Senegal’s north and south through The Gambia. Truck drivers from Senegal have stopped using the road to demonstrate against the latest customs policies implemented by the Gambian Government. A settlement was reached following a meeting on Wednesday August 14 between the ministers of Trade and […]

Egypt: Seven police forces killed in militant suicide attack in North Sinai

Seven Egyptian security forces including an officer have been killed in the North Sinai, in a suicide attack staged by militants, the interior ministry has said. The ministry in a statement said the attack involving at least four militants occurred at an “assembly point”, near the regional capital El-Arish. Four militants died in the clashes […]

Ex-Mozambique minister extradited to US, pleads not guilty in $2bn fraud

After nearly five years in detention in South Africa, former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang was finally extradited to the US on Wednesday (12 July) where he was arraigned in a court in New York on Thursday (13 July) to face a fraud and corruption trial over a $2 billion scandal involving fraudulent government loans. […]