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Kirundi, a largely spoken national language in Burundi also known as Rundi, has become official language in the African country after leader instructed its use in formal settings. “In order to promote the use of the national language, from now on, all public meetings and conferences will be conducted in Kirundi,” President Evariste Ndayishimiye said […]
Member of European Parliament Thierry Mariani denounced on Tuesday the biased stand adopted by the European Parliament against Morocco, a “key strategic partner of the EU in Africa”, while turning a blind eye to Algeria’s oppression of pro-democracy militants for gas supplies. “By tolerating everything from Algeria and systematically slamming Morocco, the EU and Macron […]
Soon after announcing the retrieval of 20 billion dollars, President Tebboune drew mockery when he said that another 36 billion dollar amount was confiscated from a family that concealed it somewhere in vast Algeria. That brings the total sum of allegedly seized money to $56 billion, a sum that is about 35% of Algeria’s GDP […]
Morocco’s spending to support the purchasing power of its citizens at a context of imported inflation rose to 40 billion dirhams ($4 bln), finance minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui said. Cooking gas subsidies alone accounted for more than 50% of the subsidies budget at 22 billion dirhams due to an increase in prices in the international […]
Egypt will put Financial Year 2023-2024 budget draft to a community dialogue expected to be convened within the next few weeks in view of enhancing community participation in determining public spending priorities, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait announced Monday. “A community dialogue on the new budget will be launched in the next few weeks, in order […]
The recent resolution of the European Parliament is part of the attacks on Morocco by those who are disturbed by the development, prosperity and strong regional and international presence of the Kingdom, said Charles Saint-Prot, director general of the Paris-based Observatory of Geopolitical Studies (OEG), created in 2004. “It is all the same mind-boggling to […]
Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye slammed corruption within the government and state administration, during the congress of his party which has been in power since 2005. The CNDD-FDD party held the congress in the political capital of the central African country Gitega to announce the election of Cyriaque Nshimirimana as Deputy Secretary General of the party […]
The United Nations has repealed rights to vote of six countries including South Sudan, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon over arrears on dues to operating budget of the global organization. The three African countries, in addition to Dominica, Venezuela and Lebanon, have lost their rights to vote per charter of the organization. Members whose arrears equal […]
The African Development Bank predicts the continent’s growth will be stronger-than-expected at 4% this year. Its cautiously optimistic economic outlook is partly based on the expectation that China will continue to re-open after three years of strict Covid-19 policies “Despite the confluence of multiple shocks, growth across all five African regions was positive in 2022- […]
Uganda has issued a license for the construction of a pipeline across the country and Tanzania to transport hydrocarbons from East Africa to international markets, a project that has raised the ire of environmentalists. “The approval (of the license) is another sign to demonstrate the common commitment of the two countries to develop the EACOP […]