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Category: Africa
Cameroon applies for $34.7m loan from IsDB to rebuild infrastructure in restive Anglophone region
Cameroon under the directives of President Paul Biya has lined up for a $34.7 million loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to finance the ... Read More
Senegal, Liberia ink MoU to curb illegal fishing
Senegal and Liberia Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to curtail “illegal and unauthorized” fishing activities within their respective maritime borders. Pape Sagna Mbaye, Senegal’s ... Read More
UNODC: Counterfeit medicines kill 270,000 people a year in the Sahel
The trafficking of counterfeit medicines in the countries of the Sahel leads to the death of 270,000 people a year, revealed the United Nations Office ... Read More
Hope for jobs rather than religion drives recruitment by armed groups in Africa — UN report
The lack of employment more than religious belief is what is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report ... Read More
Protests in Khartoum reject proposed Sudan-Israel peace deal
Dozens of Sudanese protested in the capital Khartoum Monday (6 February) against “normalizing” diplomatic relations with Israel, after last week's surprise visit by the Israeli ... Read More
Mali: Russia’s Lavrov holds talks with junta leaders as UN mission’s HR chief expelled
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Mali Tuesday (7 February) for talks with its junta leaders who only two days earlier ordered the rights ... Read More
Morocco stands with Sudan’s stability, territorial integrity
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 ... Read More
Kenya’s opposition leader unveils youth resistance movement to remove incumbent leader
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 ... Read More
Pope Francis urges South Sudan to end “blind fury of violence”
Pope Francis has ended his peace mission to South Sudan with an impassioned plea urging the people to resist the “venom of hatred” to achieve ... Read More
UN peacekeeper killed in attack in DRC as East Africa leaders renew call for ceasefire
A United Nations peacekeeper from South Africa was killed in an attack on a helicopter in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Sunday (5 ... Read More