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Sudan’s neighbors increasingly worried as clashes continue The conflict raging in Sudan, which lies in an unstable region bordering the Red Sea, the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, is sending jitters across the wider region and worrying neighbors as well as the United States and the European powers for security, economic and geopolitical reasons. […]
Not all Africans are poor — this could arguably be the main message from the 2023 edition of the annual Africa Wealth Report by London-based Henley & Partners that reveals that the ‘Big 5’ wealth markets in Africa — South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and Morocco — together account for a significant 56% of Africa’s […]
Nearly 13 million children in Africa missed one or more vaccinations and 8.7 million didn’t receive a single dose of any vaccine between 2019 and 2021, after Covid-19 caused service disruption, strained health systems, diverted scarce resources, while conflicts, climate change have driven this decline on the continent, a new report from United Nations Children’s […]
Italian oil and gas major Eni started drilling new exploration well off the coast of Mozambique, while the country’s authorities have green-lighted the resumption of the $20 billion Cabo Delgado gas project, in which TotalEnergies owns an operating stake of 26.5%, The Italian oil and gas giant Eni is drilling its first exploration well in […]
Cameroon Wednesday denied any tension with neighboring Chad one week after Ndjamena recalled its ambassador in Yaounde for consultation. Chad on April 20 recalled its ambassador for consultation. The move, according to the Chadian authorities, came after Cameroon fussed about a decision by President Mahamat Idriss Deby to nationalize Esso Chad; a Chadian oil company […]
The European Union (EU) has provided a fresh credit facility of 32.7 million euros to the Democratic Republic of Congo to be used to provide assistance to people in the eastern region where several populations have been affected by fighting between the army and rebel groups. The loan will be channeled through humanitarian organizations to […]
A second plane of Royal Air Maroc coming from Sudan landed this Wednesday afternoon at Mohammed V airport in Casablanca, with 157 Moroccan nationals on board, evacuated from Sudan, following the deterioration of the security situation in this country. A first plane carrying 136 Moroccans among those stranded in Sudan had landed at Casablanca Airport […]
The Chadian government has brushed aside reports that Ndjamena is backing up the Sudanese army in the ongoing internal conflict opposing it to the paramilitary group, Rapid Support Force (RSF). The Foreign ministry of the central African country has issued a statement in response to media reports citing a diplomatic source that the transitional government […]
After instruction from King Mohammed VI, Morocco has started evacuating its citizens from Sudan as in-fighting worsens in the country. A first plane carrying 136 Moroccan Nationals stranded in Sudan landed at Casablanca Airport this Wednesday morning, and a second plane is expected to arrive later in the day. The Royal Air Maroc plane took […]
President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo has sent a written message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over to Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita by Congolese Minister for the Environment, Sustainable Development and the Congo Basin, Arlette Soudan-Nonault, who is also the coordinator of the Congo Basin Climate Commission. In a statement to […]