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Moroccan, Japanese Banks sign partnership agreement on sideline of TICAD summit

Two of Morocco’s leading banking groups, Banque Centrale Populaire and Attijariwafa Bank, have signed partnership agreements with Japanese banking institutions, on the sidelines of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-VII), currently held in Yokohama. Thus, Banque Centrale Populaire, BCP, and Japan’s second largest banking group Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) signed, on […]

Senegal: short election campaign in full swing for delayed presidential vote on 24 March

Campaigning for the upcoming presidential election is in full swing in Senegal, as the country’s voters will head to the polls this Sunday (24 March), in which as many as 93 candidates, including six women, initially declared their intent to run. But this year, the total of 19 presidential candidates that were ultimately confirmed, were […]

Sudan Military Denounce RSF’s ‘phantom government’ as power struggle escalates

Sudan’s Army-backed administration has strongly condemned the formation of a parallel government by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), branding it a “phantom government” and accusing the group of deepening national suffering. The Sudanese Foreign Ministry, in a statement issued on Sunday, July 27, said the RSF’s move was a blatant disregard for the plight […]