The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) elected Tuesday Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, the President of the Transition Military Council of Chad, as its new Chairman in replacement of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. The commission gathered in Abuja at the 16th Summit of the Heads of State and Government. Buhari, reports say, before handing the baton […]
A group of Italian NGOs staged protests recently to denounce the use by the Polisario of children in an utter violation of their basic rights. The Polisario has gained a notoriety over the years for enrolling children in the ranks of its militias and for forcibly sending them to countries such as Cuba where they […]
Developing countries are on a “path to debt crisis” and another “lost decade”, World Bank warns in its latest annual publication, unless African and other debtor governments, private and official creditors and multilateral financial institutions agree on a quick and coordinated action to secure more support from the creditors. The 50th edition of the ‘International […]
