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On Thursday, South Sudan signed with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)a five-year-finance reform agreement worth $5 million, signaling a decisive pivot towards economic self-reliance and stronger national ownership of fiscal reforms. Under the arrangement, the government will contribute approximately $1 million annually, marking a departure from reliance on donor funding to a government-led and […]
Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and Chair of the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Omar Hilale, paid a visit to the Central African Republic, where he met with officers from the Moroccan contingent stationed in the country. Hilale, who was accompanied by a high-level UN delegation during the meeting, paid a […]
Sudan’s health authorities reported a rise in dengue fever and hepatitis cases across multiple states on Wednesday, as the country’s healthcare system continues to face severe strain amid ongoing conflict. According to the Ministry of Health’s Emergency Operations Centre, 662 cases of dengue fever were recorded over the past week across seven states, including Khartoum, […]
A group of Western embassies—Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States—called on South Sudan’s leaders to return to political dialogue and end ongoing violence, warning that the transitional authorities risk worsening an already severe humanitarian situation. In a joint statement issued Wednesday, the diplomats expressed deep concern over recent […]
The Cape Verdean Minister of the Sea, Jorge Pedro Mauricio dos Santos, praised the Royal Atlantic Initiative on Wednesday in El Jadida, calling for port integration with Morocco to become the foundation of co-development in Africa. Speaking at the opening of the 1st International Ports and Ecosystems Exhibition (SIPORTS 2026), held in El Jadida April […]
Morocco’s Foreign minister Nasser Bourita and African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf have discussed peace and security in Africa as well as latest regional development and integration initiatives at a meeting held in Rabat Wednesday. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 58th Session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, […]
Tangier hosted on Tuesday the Continental Youth Symposium under the theme “African Youth at the Frontier of Technologies, Innovation, Sovereignty and Jobs in the Digital Age,” an event organized by the Pan-African Youth Union (PYU) and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). African youth leaders, policymakers, experts, and development partners gathered on the sidelines […]
The 4th edition of GITEX Africa Morocco is set to take place from April 7 to 9 in Marrakech, and all indicators point to a landmark event. With over 1,450 exhibiting companies and startups, more than 400 international investors representing over 350 billion dollars in assets, participants from over 130 countries, and an expected attendance […]
International medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned that sexual violence is being systematically used as a weapon of war in Sudan’s ongoing conflict between the military and the Rapid Support Forces. The war, which erupted on the 15th April 2023, is under investigation by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes and crimes […]
The Parliamentary caucus of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement has voted overwhelmingly to remove Speaker Jemma Nunu Kumba, marking the first attempt by the party to unseat a sitting speaker through a vote of no confidence. Lawmakers said the decision was reached during a caucus meeting in Juba on Tuesday, March 31 and has […]