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Twelve members of an armed group died in a clash with UN peacekeepers and government troops as they tried to enter a city in northeastern Central African Republic (CAR). The fighting erupted on Sunday after the Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central Africa (FPRC) entered the flashpoint town of Birao before being repelled, government […]
Namibia has become the first African country to export red meat to the United States, following nearly two decades of negotiations. “We’re able to finally export meat to the lucrative and big US market,” Namibia’s minister of international relations, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, said. The state-owned meat firm Meatco sent a shipment of 25 tons of beef […]
In 12 months, Sahel violence has displaced more than 700,000 in Burkina Faso, UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR reported. In Burkina Faso, the latest attacks by militants on civilians and local authorities have been forcing a daily average of more than 4,000 people to flee their homes and search for safety since January 1. So far, […]
Voters in Togo will head to the polls this weekend to choose between keeping a 50-year dynasty or a new leader. Long-standing President Faure Gnassingbé is widely expected to win Saturday’s election, extending his family’s 5 decades-long rule. A series of major protests swept the country in 2017 and 2018 demanding that Gnassingbe leaves power. […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is “impressed” by Morocco’s determination to pursue its structural reforms and endeavors to make its economy more inclusive, said Wednesday in Rabat IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva. She cited as an instance the new development model being elaborated by a special committee and the Integrated Program for Enterprise Support and […]
The Swiss-based technology company TE Connectivity, which designs and manufactures automotive sensors, is expanding its activities in Morocco wherein the car industry is booming. TE will build a new plant in the Tangier automotive city. The factory, to cost over 15 million US dollars, is the fourth of its kind in the North African Kingdom. […]
Tunisia’s Prime Minister designate Elyes Fakhfakh on Wednesday unveiled his new coalition government after reaching an agreement with Ennahda moderate Islamist Party. Fakhfakh said the new cabinet team, composed of 30 ministers and 2 secretaries of state, is the result of consensus between parties and parliamentary blocs involved in the consultations. The new cabinet represents […]
Morocco emerged in 2019 as the leading African tourism destination for foreign holiday makers, according to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) whose provisional figures credit the kingdom with 13 million visitor and a gain estimated at $7.7 billion. The North African country, according to the UNWTO data revealed earlier this month, beats respectively Egypt, Tunisia […]
Rwanda and Uganda have swapped prisoners ahead of the meeting Friday between the two countries’ presidents to resolve a diplomatic row that has led to the closure of their shared border. Some 20 Ugandan nationals detained in Rwanda were released on Wednesday, a day after Uganda released 13 Rwandan nationals it had detained on charges […]
Egypt Wednesday began construction of a concrete wall along border with Gaza to thwart illegal trafficking from inside the enclave controlled by the Hamas movement. Egyptian cranes and workers launched the construction along the lines of an old, lower barrier that stretches three kilometers (two miles) from Gaza’s southeastern tip at Karem Shalom to the […]