The African Development Bank (AfDB), headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, will elect a new president in May 2025. As the candidacy period approaches in September 2024, several names are emerging as potential contenders. Among the prominent candidates is Ousmane Kane from Mauritania, a former AfDB Vice-President for Institutional Services and a close associate of Mauritanian […]
Human Rights Watch has denounced the arrest of three Tunisian prominent activists and their unjust convictions in a sham trial on charges of conspiracy and terrorism. On November 27, 2025, a Tunis Appeal Court sentenced 34 defendants in the politically motivated “Conspiracy Case”, including political opponents, activists, and lawyers, to between 5 and 45 years […]
As tensions surge between the world’s two largest economies, China is ramping up its global diplomacy, holding strategic talks with Saudi Arabia and South Africa to counterbalance the United States’ sweeping new tariffs. China’s commerce minister Wang Wentao recently held virtual meetings with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia and South Africa, focusing on responses to […]
