EBRD vice-president alain pilloux

AfDB loans Côte d’Ivoire €165m to finance key programs of country’s National Development Plan 2021-2025

The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced Monday the approval by its board of directors of two loans valued at €165 million earmarked for the implementation of the Diversification, Industrial Acceleration, Competitiveness and Employment (DAICE) Program, an important aspect of the country’s National Development Plan 2021-2025. The first loan is worth €120 million and the second […]

Libya welcomes first batch of Russian Sputnik V to roll out vaccination program

Libya Sunday received over 100,000 doses of Russian covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, and will begin the inoculation campaign against the pandemic which has already infected over 160,000 people. Interim Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeiba welcomed the doses which landed at Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli. “Little drops of water make the mighty ocean, and now we […]

Sahara: Belgium Reiterates Support for Autonomy Plan under Moroccan Sovereignty

Belgium has reaffirmed support for Morocco’s Autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty, saying the plan is “the most serious, credible and realistic basis” for achieving a just and lasting political solution to the Sahara regional conflict. The Belgian position was voiced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime […]