Former Ivorian political leader Charles Blé Goudé has been sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison by an Ivorian court over murder, rape and torture charges, local media reported. The court has issued an arrest warrant for him. Blé Goudé was an aide to former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, who was acquitted by the […]
After he had been elected best Finance Minister for the MENA region for 2012 and Minister of Finance of the year 2012 by the «The Banker», a magazine of the Financial Times press group, Morocco’s former Minister of Economy and Finance, Nizar Baraka, earned another consecration in 2013, this time from the World Bank and […]
The recent withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has placed significant pressure on Nigeria’s military, especially its Air Force. Air marshal Hassan Abubakar, Nigeria’s chief of air staff, highlighted at a recent meeting in Abuja that the departure of these countries from the regional security […]
