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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 […]
The United States has congratulated Morocco on its election to the Presidency of the UN Human Rights Council for 2024, while committing to strengthening bilateral cooperation for the sake of the promotion of human rights in the world. “My heartfelt congratulations to Morocco and Ambassador Omar Zniber after being elected President of the UNHRC in […]
Senegal’s leader Macky Sall embarked this Thursday on a two-day visit to neighboring Mauritania in view of strengthening ties between the two countries sharing several common interests. The visit is the second by Sall since Mauritania’s Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani ascended to power in 2019. The first visit which took place in February 2020 […]
British Envoy for the UK-African Investment Summit 2024 (UK-AIS), Alastair McPhail, expressed eagerness to “building a modern partnership of mutual benefit with Morocco.” “We look forward to building a modern partnership of mutual benefit based on respect with Morocco and others,” McPhail told the press after talks in Rabat with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser […]
Tidjane Thiam, the newly elected leader of Côte d’Ivoire’s main opposition party PDCI-RDA, has resigned from Paris-headquartered luxury goods multinational company Kering to focus on his political ambition ahead of presidential elections slated for 2025. “In order to have the necessary time to devote to his political commitments, Tidjane Thiam, elected President of the Democratic […]