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Mohamad El-Gharawi, a staff member of the Egyptian embassy in Khartoum was killed in the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the Egyptian Foreign ministry announced this Monday. Gharawi was slain on the way from his residence to the embassy headquarters to follow up on evacuation procedures for Egyptians […]
Congo and Angola have exempted officials, holders of diplomatic or public passports, of both countries of visa requirement in a move to facilitate mobility. Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso, Congo’s top diplomat and his Angolan counterpart Tete António signed the agreement in the framework of the 8th joint cooperation committee between the two countries held in […]
Moroccan nationals will be repatriated from Sudan as the security situation in this country is deteriorating. Following the recent events in Sudan and the deterioration of the security situation in this brotherly country, King Mohammed VI, has given his high instructions to ensure the repatriation of Moroccan nationals from this country, the Ministry of Foreign […]
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres warned Monday against a ‘catastrophic conflagration’ within Sudan that could engulf the whole region and beyond, calling for a permanent halt of the violence. Speaking at the Security Council, Guterres called on the parties to the conflict to stop combat operations in densely populated areas and to allow unhindered […]
Côte d’Ivoire has secured two loans worth nearly €560 million from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the financing of two development projects. The first credit, 282.8 million euros, concerns inclusive sustainable development project for secondary cities while the second estimated at 276.9 million euros will be used to finance the […]
Burundi authorities have arrested former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, who was on the run following an arrest warrant in connection to alleged coup against incumbent leader Evariste Ndayishimiye. The Eastern African country’s ministry of Justice announced Sunday the arrest of Bunyoni who was sacked in September. “Alain Guillaume Bunyoni is currently in the hands […]
The Egyptian Foreign ministry Sunday said one member of its staff at the country’s mission in the Sudanese capital Khartoum has sustained injuries after suffering from a gunshot. Ahmed Abu Zeid, spokesman for the ministry did not name the staff member and urged Egyptians in Sudan to exercise the utmost caution amid the ongoing fighting […]
Chinese firms operating in Africa are often accused of underpaying local workers, but a new study conducted by British experts in Angola and Ethiopia suggests that this reputation is undeserved. As Chinese companies have become active in sub-Saharan Africa, they’ve earned a reputation for paying their local workers less than their Chinese colleagues. But based […]
The Comoros government vowed not to accept illegal migrants expelled from the neighboring French island of Mayotte and urged France to step back from a planned operation that could see their forced return. In an escalating diplomatic spat, the Comoros government already asked France last Monday April 17 to abandon the planned Operation Wuambushu (“Take […]
As the forces of two rival generals fought intense street battles in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Friday (21 April), ignoring appeals for an end-of-Ramadan Eid ceasefire, the United States is reportedly preparing to send additional troops to its base in nearby Djibouti in case an evacuation of Americans from Sudan is needed. On the first […]