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Morocco, Most Hospitable North African Country for Sub-Saharans- US News and World report

Morocco tops the ranking of most hospitable North African states towards Sub-Saharan migrants, a study, conducted by the US News and World Report, found. The study was based on a poll involving 21,000 people from 80 countries responding to questions on economic stability, access to the job market, equality of revenues and habitability. The countries […]

Niger to stop importing rice by 2023

President Mahamadou Issouffou of Niger has instructed the government to develop a rice production program which will ensure that from 2023, there will be zero rice imports in the West African famine-stricken nation. According to Nigerien nutrition coordinator for the 3N Initiative – a program put in place to achieve food self-sufficiency – the national […]

Equatorial Guinea confirms outbreak of deadly Marburg virus, reports 9 casualties

Equatorial Guinea has announced its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a hemorrhagic fever nearly as deadly as Ebola, the World Health Organization (WTO) confirmed 13 February. Nine people have died of Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, a small central African country of about 1.6 million. A health alert had been declared in Kie-Ntem […]