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Mozambique’s ability to adequately fund government ministries – including its military – has been hamstrung by tight fiscal rules imposed by the International Monetary Fund as conditions for granting loans. Now, Maputo must reluctantly invite foreign forces onto its territory, something its fiercely independent government has long resisted doing. The European Union has created a […]
The Senegalese Parliament validated on Monday by a majority vote the bill establishing a new electoral Code. Meeting in extraordinary session, the deputies voted after stormy debates on the new electoral Code which was however intended to be consensual. A political dialogue had been launched in January 2020 to produce a document approved by the […]
The Rwandan Government announced in a statement the dispatching of “1,000 soldiers and police officers to Mozambique to fight terrorism.” “The government of Rwanda, at the request of the government of Mozambique, will begin today (Friday) the deployment of a contingent of 1,000 soldiers and police officers to Cabo Delgado, a province in Mozambique, currently […]
Morocco has unveiled a landmark deal to produce Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccines in partnership with China’s Sinopharm and made it clear that the goals are meeting self-sufficiency in key vaccines and exporting to the rest of the continent. The North African country is expected to start production with 5 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine […]
The uncertainty hovered until the last minute: the former South African president Jacob Zuma, sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court, finally constituted himself as a prisoner Wednesday before midnight. Half an hour before the end of the ultimatum, a convoy of a dozen cars left Mr. Zuma’s residence in Nkandla, in […]
Morocco’s Ymmy Finance Holding and Niger’s authorities signed deals worth $3.3 bln to facelift Niamey by building new industrial, recreational and energy facilities. Six projects have been retained in the agreements over 8 years as part of a public-private partnership after two years of talks between officials of the Holding and Niamey authorities. The projects […]
Iran’s mischief in Africa through arming separatist and radical groups across the continent poses a risk to regional stability, German media Der Tahesspiegel wrote. In an article on Iran’s strategic opportunism in Africa, Stephan Andreas Casdorff highlighted that Iran had supplied the Polisario separatists with surface to air missiles. As it seeks to gain new […]
Morocco’s irrigation and farming technologies firms CMGP and CAS recently announced a merger with eyes on expanding activity in the African continent. Following the merger, the new company will be called CMGP-CAS and will pool efforts to ensure the expansion of efficient irrigation and agricultural water management technologies to enable greater output and sustainability in […]
After it announced a gradual military disengagement in the Sahel, France will give details on the readjustment of its military presence in the Sahel, during the G5 Sahel summit. During this G5 Sahel summit, scheduled for Friday, July 9, 2021 by videoconference, French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to provide further details on the announced […]
Morocco, which is taking the lead in the global fight against the coronavirus, is advancing resolutely towards becoming a main producer of vaccines including anti-covid jabs. To secure its self-sufficiency and autonomy in vaccines which have become the hottest commodity on earth during the current global health crisis, the North African Kingdom has partnered with […]