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A Sudanese delegation has engaged officials from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to push for the restoration of full partnership with the World Bank, aiming to secure funding for reconstruction and accelerate debt relief efforts. The talks, held on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank spring meetings, underscored Sudan’s priority to […]
Climate negotiators from across Africa gathered on April 16 in Nairobi for a two-day consultation aimed at forging a unified continental position on financing the green transition under global climate frameworks. The meeting, led by the African Group of Negotiators Experts Support, was chaired by Nana Antwi-Boasiako Amoah (Ghana’s climate diplomat), who said discussions would […]
International donors pledged €1.5 billion to address the deepening humanitarian crisis in Sudan, during a high-level Conference held in Berlin (Germany). The Summit, co-hosted by Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, alongside the African Union and European Union, brought together representatives from 55 countries and dozens of international organizations. Approximately half of the […]
Morocco has reiterated its commitment to placing artificial intelligence (AI) at the center of the African debate, not from a purely technological perspective, but as a tool with direct implications for Africa’s stability, and as an implement that serves the continent’s peace, security, and sustainable development. This came in the address delivered by Foreign Minister […]
As the African space economy accelerates toward an estimated $22.64 billion in 2026 — up from $19.49 billion in 2021 — Morocco is consolidating its position within the continent’s top tier of space-capable nations. Alongside Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa, the Kingdom is classified in Africa’s first circle of space powers by multiple international assessments […]
Casablanca will once again host the Future of Work Forum Africa (FOWFA) on 21 and 22 May 2026, as the continent’s premier platform for the future of work convenes for its third edition. The forum, which brought together over 1,400 participants and 80 speakers in 2025, is established as the reference meeting point for executives, […]
Around seven in ten people in Sudan are now living in poverty, according to the United Nations Development Programme, nearly doubling from about 38% before the conflict began three years ago. UNDP’s Sudan representative Luca Renda said the estimates are based on a poverty line of roughly $4 per day, with at least a quarter […]
Morocco’s National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) launched the Programme Qualité de l’Eau en Afrique on 14-15 April in Rabat, at an expert workshop that brought together water utility operators from three partner countries. The programme, developed in partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD) under a memorandum of cooperation signed in December […]
Morocco and Mali have fostered their bilateral ties with a watershed decision announcing Bamako’s support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and its withdrawal of recognition of Algerian separatist proxies the Polisario. This takes place at a time Mali complains of Algerian bullying through manipulating terrorist groups and Tuareg separatists in its north. Morocco has […]
São Tomé and Príncipe has reiterated unwavering support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and Autonomy plan offered for the Sahara, saying this realistic plan has been endorsed by the UN Security Council in its resolution 2797. During a meeting held Tuesday in Rabat with Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, the Foreign minister of this African country Ilza […]