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The US aid agency, USAID, donated Thursday to Cameroon 11,000 tons of food to help address food insecurity affecting 4.7 million people. Philippe Accilien, the USAID/Country Representative for USAID/Cameroon, took delivery of the shipment from Douala Port and handed it to the World Food Program (WFP) and Cameroonian authorities. “We thank the United States Government […]
African households are highly recommended to have their own grain reserves as one of the solutions to food insecurity, The East African Business Council (EABC) has suggested in a new report that analyzes the effect of food inflation in the region. The EABC, a regional private sector body, says the grain reserves held by households […]
Banking access across Africa has increased in 2022, with 48% of the population having access to banking services, compared to 45% in 2017, according to the latest edition of the African Digital Banking Transformation Report, that attributes the growth to the popularity of mobile money and digital banking. Overall, the new survey paints a picture […]
Ethiopian soldiers are reported to have foiled on Wednesday June 7 a suicide attack by the armed group al-Shabab at a town of Dollo near its border with Somalia, while the US Agency for International Development (USAID) said a day later it was suspending food aid to the East African country because of the aid […]
The African Development Bank has announced a €120-million funding to support Morocco’s efforts to improve women-children’s healthcare in rural areas, especially in the regions of Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Draa-Tafilalet and Guelmim-Oued Noun. The bank’s financial support is destined to improve access to healthcare centers, modernize health services through innovative solutions that improve connectivity and streamline their […]
Morocco has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to international efforts to combat the terrorist threat, pursuant to the guidelines of King Mohammed VI, establishing a multidimensional approach that combines the achievement of security and peace with the goals of sustainable development and progress. The remarks were made by a senior official of the Moroccan Foreign Ministry […]
As part of Moroccan-US cooperation in disaster management, a synthetic exercise on the fight against weapons of mass destruction (WMD) took place on Thursday in Agadir to assess the responsiveness of the Royal Armed Forces’ Rescue and Salvage Unit (USS-FAR) to deal with a crisis situation involving nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical (NRBC) risks. This […]
Several countries have joined their voices to international and regional organizations to commend Morocco for its facilitation efforts in the settlement process of the Libyan crisis. The United Nations, through the Secretary-General’s spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, expressed thanks to Morocco for its efforts to facilitate compromises on electoral laws between Libyan parties convening in Bouznika. The […]
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 […]