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Morocco expects to leave FATF grey list in 2023

Morocco is poised to leave the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a move that will facilitate Morocco’s access to international debt market and improve its sovereign rating, central bank governor said. The bank hiked its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 2.5% as it expects inflation to surge to […]

AfDB grants €12.3 million for Abidjan-Lagos road corridor project

The African Development Bank approved an additional funding of €12.33 million in favor of the ECOWAS Commission to cover part of the costs related to the study of the Abidjan – Lagos motorway corridor development project. This corridor links the capitals of five West African states – Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria – […]

UN Chief warns against ‘catastrophic conflagration’ in Sudan, calls for permanent halt of violence

The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres warned Monday against a ‘catastrophic conflagration’ within Sudan that could engulf the whole region and beyond, calling for a permanent halt of the violence. Speaking at the Security Council, Guterres called on the parties to the conflict to stop combat operations in densely populated areas and to allow unhindered […]