Category: Blogs

Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum aims to boost funding for agrifood systems in Sahel

October 30, 2023

Governments from Africa’s Sahel have recently met with potential donors and other organizations at the Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum 2023, organized by the Food and Agriculture ... Read More

India lifts ban on rice export to seven countries including Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Guinea, Seychelles

October 20, 2023

India has validated exports of rice to seven countries including Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Guinea and Seychelles several months after banning the export of the crop ... Read More

Morocco: King Mohammed VI chairs council of ministers

October 19, 2023

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI chaired on Thursday at the Royal Palace in Rabat a Council of Ministers devoted to examining the general guidelines of the ... Read More

Senegalese fisher folks protest against delay in implementation of fishing agreement with Mauritania

October 19, 2023

Senegalese fishermen from Saint Louis staged Wednesday October 18 a protest against authorities over the delay in the effectiveness of the fishing agreement inked with ... Read More

Gabon to launch embassy in Rwanda

October 18, 2023

Gabon’s leader of the transition Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has instructed the Foreign ministry to launch an embassy in Rwanda as soon as possible, ... Read More

Spain to ramp up surveillance operations on Senegal, Mauritanian coasts to curb illegal migration

October 17, 2023

Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Spain’s Interior Minister, indicated Monday October 16 the country’s civil guard will step up surveillance operations on the coasts of Senegal and Mauritania ... Read More

France begins pulling out its troops from Niger after junta’s order

October 12, 2023

France has begun pulling out its troops from Niger after being ordered out of the West African nation by the military junta that ousted the ... Read More

African countries divided over Israel-Hamas conflict

October 10, 2023

African nations have been divided over which side to support in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, but African leaders have still unanimously called on ... Read More

Niger: France to begin withdrawing troops ‘this week’, as Nigeria’s FM warns intervention ‘still on table’

October 5, 2023

French troops will begin withdrawing from Niger "this week", Paris announced on Thursday (5 October), while Nigeria’s top diplomat has said that a military intervention ... Read More

World Cup 2030 to be hosted by Morocco, Spain, Portugal

October 4, 2023

The FIFA Executive Committee has unanimously selected the joint Morocco-Spain-Portugal bid to host the 2030 World Cup since it was the only bid in the ... Read More