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Spiro, electric motorbike manufacturer, to expand fleet in Togo & Benin

Spiro, a leading electric motorbike manufacturer and clean energy provider in Africa, has landed $63 million loan from GuarantCo, a company in the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), and the French bank Société Générale to be used to expand its fleet of electric motorbikes, alongside the associated batteries and swap stations, in Benin and Togo. […]

Malian opposition leader kidnapped ahead of general elections

In an unprecedented first for a Malian politician of his rank, unidentified gunmen kidnapped the leading opposition figure Soumaila Cisse and his team on Wednesday, March 25 afternoon, his party said. The Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD) party sounded the alarm later on Wednesday after Cisse failed to turn up to an appointment […]

Unidentified aircraft shelled army, Russian positions in town of Bossangoa – CAR

The Central African Republic, CAR, Monday said an unidentified aircraft hailing from a neighboring country pounded army positions and forces of Russian private security company Wagner in the town of Bossangoa causing material damage, Faapa news reports. The aircraft “dropped explosives in the town of Bossangoa targeting the base of our Defense Forces, that of […]