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Morocco Calls for Massive Funding for Africa at World Economic Forum

The African continent needs heavy funding to boost its economic development, said Moroccan Minister Delegate for African Cooperation, Mohcine Jazouli at the World Economic Forum on Africa held in Cape Town, South Africa Sept.4-6.   Africa also needs a major investment and production to set up a sustainable industrial hub capable of creating jobs and […]

EU, France pledge €50m investment in DRC’s infrastructure, mining sector

The European Union has launched an initial mobilization of €50m in Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) critical minerals sector and infrastructure projects on the sidelines of the first-ever Kinshasa Economic Forum. The funding was announced at the inaugural Kinshasa Economic Forum, which brought together representatives from the EU, the DRC and France French President Emmanuel […]

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger exit regional ECOWAS bloc amid rising tensions

Three military-led West African nations have all announced their immediate withdrawal from The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), accusing the regional group of falling “under the influence of foreign powers” and becoming a threat to its members. The decision by the coup-born governments in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to withdraw from ECOWAS […]