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Egypt and Angola signed Wednesday two Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in fields of security and groundwater on the sideline of the visit of the Egyptian leader Abdelfattah al-Sisi. Angolan President Joao Lourenco and his guest al-Sisi witnessed the signings following talks between the two leaders. The talks according to al-Sisi’s Office covered a […]
Paris-based multinational financial services company, Société Générale, also known as SocGen, has withdrawn from four African countries, namely Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Mauritania. The company announced this Thursday that it has signed agreements with two pan-African banking groups for the sale of its subsidiaries in the four African countries. The company has not disclosed […]
Chad’s ambassador to Cameroon Djidda Moussa Outhman returned Wednesday to Yaounde, the Cameroonian capital, nearly two months after being recalled for consultation in protest to Cameroon’s reaction after authorities nationalized an oil company. Chad Foreign ministry in a statement issued Wednesday indicated that Outhman is back to Cameroon. Both countries fell out in April after […]
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has dismissed over 100 army senior commanders and terminated the contracts of 112 others, in a major overhaul of the army. The army, which announced the decision in a statement Wednesday, said 14 other top commanders, including Major General Aloys Muganga and Brigadier General Francis Mutiganda, have been also fired. The […]
The longstanding military cooperation between Morocco and Burkina Faso was discussed at a meeting Wednesday in Rabat between Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces and Commander of the Southern Zone Mohammed Berrid and Colonel Major Célestin Simpor, Chief of the General Staff of the Burkinabe Armed Forces. According to a press release issued by […]
The WTO chief has called on African countries to create trading opportunities and increase investment in agriculture to address food security in Africa, as the head of the African Federation of Women Entrepreneurs (AFWE) stressed the need for improved infrastructure and the removal of tariffs to facilitate intra-African commerce. In a speech read on her […]
Senegal’s Foreign ministry has announced the decision to temporarily close its general Consulates around the world, after the missions reportedly came under attacks. In a statement, the ministry indicated the move came after Senegalese Embassies and Consulates in Paris, Milan, Bordeaux and New York were targeted by recent aggressions. “These acts caused serious damage, particularly […]
The United Nations has provided Congo around $1 million for agriculture projects under the supervision of the World Food Program (WFP) bureau in the central African country. The financing, over two years, was announced by Dima Al-Khatib, Director of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). “This is a project for which we’re going […]
The Ivorian Government inked Tuesday three Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth $450 million for three projects to increase sustainable economic growth, job creation and private sector development, Anadolu news agency reports, citing a communique issued by national steering Committee for public-private partnerships. The agreements were signed on the sidelines of the Africa CEO Forum held […]
As the world marked the 50th United Nations World Environment Day on Monday June 5, the Ivorian environment minister announced the upcoming implementation of a new environmental code against plastic pollution, while South Sudanese environmental activists called on the government to formulate policies and laws to curb plastic waste in the country. “Any importer of […]