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Botswana’s government has revised upwards its 2022 economic growth forecast to 6.7% from an earlier estimate of 4.2 per cent, the country’s Finance Minister Peggy Serame said on Monday according to Reuters. Serame, who was speaking during an annual budget speech, argued that the 2022 revision was linked to the diamond-rich southern african country’s strong […]
The “Funding Body of Science, Technology and Innovation” of the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Romanian Ministry of “Research, Innovation and Digital” have penned a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in the field of science and technology. The agreement signed Sunday aims at enhancing cooperation between the two parties […]
Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, owner of L’Anecdote media group and acquaintance of Cameroonian Minister of Justice Laurent Esso, was arrested Monday in connection to investigation into the abduction and murder of journalist Martinez Zogo last month. The arrest came after Justin Danwe, Deputy Director of Cameroon’s General Directorate for External Investigations (DGRE) confessed to authorities he […]
Morocco, under the farsighted leadership of King Mohammed VI, will always support the stability and territorial integrity of Sudan, said on Monday Moroccan Foreign minister Nasser Bourita. Addressing remotely the 137th ministerial meeting of the Peace & Security Council of the African Union (AU), Bourita said Rabat will also always back the choices of the […]
Few days after the adoption of a French-instigated European Parliament resolution hostile to Morocco, French Ambassador to Rabat tried to distance his country from the move that has angered Moroccan authorities and triggered a commensurate response from the European Parliament. In an interview with French-speaking magazine Telquel, French Ambassador Christophe Lecourtier said that the resolution […]
The Andean Parliament reaffirmed its steady position in support of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara as it rebuked the blunder of one of its speakers who derailed from that position at a meeting in Algiers. The Andean Parliament’s foreign affairs committee made it clear that its Speaker gave her own personal statement on the Sahara […]
Nebil Baffoun, former Chief of Tunisia’s independent electoral body (ISIE) has been banned from leaving the territory – a move he slammed as “nonsense”. Baffoun in a Saturday Facebook post indicated that he received an offer from international organization for a mission in Mauritania but he realized that he has been banned from traveling. “I […]
Raila Odinga, leader of the opposition in Kenya and head of Azimio coalition, has unveiled youth resistance movement dubbed “movement for defense of democracy” that he intends to use to push President William Ruto out the state office, Nation Africa reported Sunday. Speaking during a rally in Kamukunji grounds in Kibra as part of public […]
Concord International Investments, a company providing investment management and supervisory services to high-net-worth individuals, banks, thrift institutions, and other investment companies from its headquarters in New York, is planning to establish a healthcare investment company in Egypt with a capital of $40 million. Chairman Mohamed Younes has told Asharq Business that investments will be directed […]