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African countries pledge to boost intra-continental trade under AfCFTA to 50% by 2030

African countries participating in the Africa Economic Summit 2024 held last week in Abuja pledged to boost intra-continental trade from 14% to at least 50% by 2030 under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The summit closed with a release of a white paper on coordinated actions that governments and institutions should commit to […]

Morocco bans Raja from traveling to Egypt for second leg CAF Champions League match over covid-19 cases

Morocco’s health ministry Tuesday ordered Casablanca-based popular football club Raja to go into self-isolation ahead of its away Confederation of African Football CAF Champions League tie in Egypt against Cairo-based Zamalek after the side reported nine cases of coronavirus. The ministry, Le360.ma reports, has sent a correspondence to the club after nine players of the […]

UN Warns Sudan Conflict Deepening Crisis in South Sudan

A senior United Nations official has warned Wednesday that the ongoing war in Sudan is worsening South Sudan’s fragile economy and humanitarian conditions along their shared border. Guang Cong, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), told the UN Security Council that fighting between the Sudanese Armed […]