The United States is “missing an incredible window of opportunity” in Africa, a senior executive in US company told the US Senate Committee on Finance, urging a “quick renewal” of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) that will have the largest impact on the US business interests on the African continent. SanMar Corporation’s general […]
The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Monday urged Guinea-Bissau’s army to remain neutral in the country’s deepening political struggle. The ECOWAS said it “firmly condemned” the latest developments in the country, which it was “following with great concern”. Those developments include the “successive investiture of two heads of state […]
A social-media campaign that helped mobilize thousands of people to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last month was linked to networks operating from Algeria, according to findings cited by Moroccan news outlet Le360, raising fresh questions over whether the migration crisis was exploited as part of Algiers’ anti-Moroccan agenda. The Algerian […]
