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Sahara: It’s time to move forward with Morocco’s Autonomy Plan & end Algeria’s obstructionism

The Sahara conflict, which has been locked in a stalemate for five-decades due to Algeria’s stubbornness, is finally edging closer to its final stage driven by the growing international recognition of Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the territory under its sovereignty. According to “Africa Intelligence” news platform, the Autonomy plan is on the table of […]

Africa at critical juncture: as China slows, continent needs to diversify economic partners

With Chinese lending to Africa shrinking, the continent must focus on increasing its internal trade, diversifying trade-able goods away from commodities, and developing and solidifying its relationships with other global economic partners, according to a senior official at the Asia Business Council. The continent has long had robust economic ties with China, but now faces […]

Somalia, the world’s most corrupt nation owing to terrorism, armed conflict — study

Somalia sits at the bottom on the list of 180 countries of the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index by Berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International, which blames terrorism and armed conflict in the east African country for creating world’s biggest breeding ground for corruption. The never-ending conflict in Somalia remains the leading cause of the runaway corruption, […]