IFC new managing director Senegalese Makhtar Diop

Mauritania’s Flag Carrier Takes Delivery of First Boeing 737 MAX

Mauritania Airlines has added a Boeing 737 MAX 8 to its all Boing fleet including two 737-500s and two 737NGs (one -700 and one -800). “We are proud to be the first carrier in Africa to operate the 737 Max,” said Mohamed Radhi Bennah, the CEO of Mauritania airlines, which also operates a single Embraer […]

Rights groups warn of more civil society crackdown in Algeria

Eight leading human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, have called on Algerian authorities to withdraw a proposed draft law on associations, warning that it would further erode the right to freedom of association and entrench government control over civil society. In a joint statement, the groups criticized the draft bill intended to replace the […]

UNICEF report warns of ‘backslide’ in vaccination of children in Africa

Nearly 13 million children in Africa missed one or more vaccinations and 8.7 million didn’t receive a single dose of any vaccine between 2019 and 2021, after Covid-19 caused service disruption, strained health systems, diverted scarce resources, while conflicts, climate change have driven this decline on the continent, a new report from United Nations Children’s […]