Morocco & Rwanda sign agreements oct 2020

Paris Club creditors cancel $1.4Bln of Somalia’s debt

The Paris Club of creditor countries have agreed to restructure Somalia’s external public debt with an immediate cancellation of $1.4 billion. The decision cancels 67% of the debts owed to Paris Club by Somalia. Several of Somalia’s Paris Club creditors, including the United States, the UK and Norway, as well as the World Bank and […]

Angola: EU to fund three environmental projects by 2025

The European Union (EU) will invest nearly €100 million by 2025 in three major projects in Angola focusing on biodiversity protection, the blue economy, and the circular economy, according to EU Ambassador Rosário Bento Pais. Speaking on September 18, at the international conference “The Planet on Fire: Rights in Extinction,” organized by Mosaiko – Institute […]

AMU Paralysis: King’s Speech before AU Sounds the Alarm

The speech delivered by King Mohammed VI before the Heads of State attending the 28th African Union Summit rang the alarm bell as to the state of immobility affecting the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU.) The situation of AMU actually stands in stark contrast to the dynamism characterizing other sub-regional groupings such as the Economic Community […]