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Kenya has declared a three-day mourning following a helicopter crush that killed chief of staff Francis Ogolla and nine other people on board. Only two people survived the crash which occurred soon after take-off west of the country, President William Ruto said. Ogolla departed Nairobi on Thursday to visit troops in the North Rift region […]
The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank Group are partnering on an ambitious effort to provide at least 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by 2030. The World Bank Group will work to connect 250 million people to electricity through distributed renewable energy systems or the distribution grid while the African […]
In a sign of close cooperation between sanction-hit and military-run Sahel countries, Niger has agreed to supply Mali with cheap diesel to supply power plants. Under the deal, Niger would deliver 150 million liters of diesel to neighboring Mali to curb power outages, the Malian presidency said. Only half the Malian population have access to […]
The 33rd session of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Regional Conference for Africa (ARC33) kicked off on Thursday in Rabat, under the chairmanship of Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch. The three-day conference, held under the theme: “Resilient agri-food systems and inclusive rural transformation”, offers a major opportunity for African countries to discuss practical and concrete […]
Liberia reaffirmed, on Thursday in Rabat, its support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over all its territory, including the Moroccan Sahara. This position was expressed in a joint communiqué issued following talks between Liberian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, who is on a visit to Morocco, and her Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. […]
Burkina Faso has declared three French diplomats as “persona non grata”, accusing them of being involved in “subversive activities”, and ordered them to leave the country within 48 hours, the Foreign Ministry in Ouagadougou said in a note dated Tuesday (16 April). According to the note that was sent to the French embassy in Burkina […]
The Liberian senate has approved the setting up of a special court that investigates crimes by warlords during the country’s civil war. The Liberian civil war erupted in 1989 when Charles Taylor, leading the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), invaded Liberia from neighboring Côte d’Ivoire through Nimba County, triggering one of the most deadly […]
Lackluster growth, rising indebtedness and heightened uncertainty due to the conflict in the Middle East are impacting economies across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, says a new report by the World Bank. According to the World Bank’s MENA Economic Update, the regional economies are expected to return to low growth akin to […]
Following a recent string of military coups, retaliatory sanctions, and withdrawal of its member states, it became clear that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) lacks authority, legitimacy, and effective sanction and intervention instruments, and thus, as observers warn, it must either reform or decline. Once considered Africa’s most institutionally developed regional organization, […]
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) agreed to offer a loan of 400 million dollars to the Niger government, which is struggling with the impact of sanctions. The loan is seen as one of the first steps to wean financial dependence on the West, with whom the military rulers are increasingly at odds, going as far […]