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In a swift response to the memorandum of understanding inked between Ethiopia and the Somaliland region, the Arab League will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday Jan.17. The meeting, to be chaired by Morocco, will gather foreign ministers to deliberate on the potential ramifications of this diplomatic development. The Arab League, in a statement released […]
Crises in Africa are being overlooked, with news about humanitarian emergencies on the continent buried beneath the weight of media attention focused elsewhere, according to a recent report by CARE International. The 2023 report entitled ‘Breaking the Silence: Ten Humanitarian Crises That Didn’t Make Headlines in 2023’ lists ten forgotten humanitarian crises of last year, […]
China’s recent announcement that it was expanding its tariff-free policy to additional African countries, namely Angola, Gambia, Congo, Madagascar, Mali and Mauritania, may be a catalyst for new opportunities amid criticisms about the trade imbalance, according to experts. The Chinese government announced on 25 December 2023 that it was granting the additional six African states […]
Authorities in Guinea Conakry arrested Sunday January 14 in capital Conakry French journalist Thomas Dietrich who has been in the West African country to investigate state-run fuel company Société Nationale des Pétroles (SONAP), following a deadly explosion at the country’s main fuel terminal that killed 24 people. Dietrich was arrested at his hotel. Authorities did […]
Mouvement Patriotique du Salut [Patriotic Salvation Movement] (MPS), the ruling party in Chad, has chosen General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, son of the former country leader and party founder Idriss Déby Itno, as candidate of the movement for the presidential elections slated this year in the central African country. The MPS held from Saturday its […]
Africa Collective, an independent, business-driven network dedicated to creating a platform for exchange and action on African topics, will kick off a series of activities during the time of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which takes place January 15-19 in Davos, Switzerland. Held in partnership with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Africa […]
Global remittances from African diaspora to their home continent are set to exceed $100bn a year amid demographic trends in Europe such as an aging population and a low birth rate that are creating a need for continued migration. Remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) grew an estimated 3.8% last year, a moderation from […]
Rwanda Development Board (RDB) is mulling plans to invest in Gabon’s tourism sector in a bid to make travel easy for visitors of the two countries. RDB chairman Francis Gatare led a delegation that met this week with General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, the transitional leader of the central African country. Talks between the two […]
The Indian Ocean archipelago nation of Comoros will vote in an election on Sunday (14 January) that is widely expected to deliver a fourth term to incumbent President Azali Assoumani, a former military officer, whose opponents accuse him of stifling dissent. In 2019, the 65-year-old Assoumani was re-elected president after constitutional reforms that extended presidential […]
Gabon has scrapped luxury car taxes that provided the State with $82,000 last year, ‘Gabon Review’ reports citing 2024 draft Budget Bill. On the contrary, the budget bill imposed taxes on brand new vehicles and the measure is set to provide the State with $95,000 in revenues. The State did not collect taxes on brand […]