The EBRD’s 2011 Annual Meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, 20-21 May 2011

Tough times for Moroccan exporters in 2020

Exporting companies based in Morocco are facing enormous challenges to juggle the coronavirus impact due to a rise in the cost of risk emanating from orders cancellation, trade barriers and low demand. In the first three months this year, most of which was coronavirus-free, exports dropped 18% compared to the same period last year, according […]

Sudan crisis: UN, aid agencies urge global action as situation ‘spirals out of control’

UN agencies and humanitarian organizations are urging global action as millions of people in Sudan run out of food and many die due to the lack of healthcare after four months of bloodletting. The situation in Sudan, which could possibly amount to “crimes against humanity”, is rapidly “spiraling out of control” with widespread displacement and […]

Côte d’Ivoire: Top diplomat elected Senate speaker

Kandia Camara, Côte d’Ivoire’s Foreign Minister, was elected Thursday October 12 Speaker of the country’s Senate, the first time a woman will lead the upper house of the country’s legislature. The 64-year-old diplomat landed 91 votes out of 97. She was appointed member of the house Monday October 9 by the country’s leader Alassane Outtara. […]