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The International Monetary Fund gave the greenlight for the disbursement of 360 million dollars to Ghana, after the latter reached an agreement with its creditors to restructure its debt. “The authorities’ strategy aimed at restoring macroeconomic stability and reducing debt vulnerabilities is paying off, with clear signs of stabilization emerging,” IMF Deputy Managing Director Kenji […]
A series of suicide bombing left 18 people dead in Bono state in north-east Nigeria, an area where Boko Haram operates, according to an official tally. The attacks were perpetrated by three women, hitting a wedding, a funeral service, and a hospital in the town of Gwoza in Borno state, a region long plagued by […]
Africa’s interests as an important component of the Global South must be preserved in the new global digital order, stressed from London Latifa Akharbach, President of Morocco’s High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA). Speaking at the University of Westminster as part of an international conference on “The regulation of digital media and its challenges for […]
For every step forward Morocco makes to foster ties with the Sahel, Algeria makes a step backwards, says an analysis published by the Washington-based Wilson Center. Morocco has, even before returning to the African Union, built a strong win-win basis for its ties with Sahel countries through a multipronged strategy that combines soft-power with investments […]
The Africa Atlantic Initiative, launched by King Mohammed VI, was presented on Thursday, June 27, at the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) during the meeting of the Trade, Customs, and Immigration Commission of the Pan-African legislative institution, holding the 3rd Ordinary Session of its 6th Legislature, from June 24 to July 5 at the institution’s headquarters in […]
Nearly 750,000 people are on the brink of starvation in war-torn Sudan, where the conflict between rival army factions aggravates the humanitarian situation, the global authority on famine said. The war left nearly half Sudan’s 48 million population suffering from hunger in areas including the capital Khartum, according to the latest figures from the Integrated […]
Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday (26 June) rejected to sign a controversial finance bill into law after peaceful protests turned deadly when protesters stormed parliament and scores of people were shot dead. A day after what was the biggest and most direct assault on Kenya’s government in decades, the president now says the bill […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday (26 June) convicted an al-Qaida-linked jihadist who was accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during Islamist militants’ one-year rule over Mali’s Timbuktu in 2012. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud was found guilty of playing a key role in a reign of […]
Moscow has effectively dismantled and largely taken over the Wagner Group and its African operations, once led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, in the year since the mercenaries launched a mutiny against President Vladimir Putin’s government, according to experts. For years, the Kremlin worked through the paramilitary group to covertly prop up authoritarian leaders, exploit natural resources, […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against terrorist leader Iyad Ag Ghaly and urged states to cooperate to bring him before justice, in a clear allusion to Algeria. Ghaly is wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in northern Mali between January 2012 and January 2013. A Tuareg descendant of […]