First Independent Mena Newspaper
Second UN speech in New York about Mali since the August 18 coup d’état. While the Security Council had been quite aloof the first time, aligned with ECOWAS’s demands, it was unanimously more encouraging this time. In its presidential statement, a statement of the utmost importance by UN standards, the Security Council first of all […]
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa is concerned about the alarming decline in remittances from African Diaspora. With the global economic crisis, these Diasporas are sending less money to their countries of origin. This year, the decline is expected to reach 21% or $18 billion less than in 2019. The anti-poverty organization ONE and […]
Libya’s telecommunications investor LAP GreenN, controlled by the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) is considering seizure of Zambia’s international asset in a bid to recoup $380 million that Southern African country owes it. The debt, LAP GreenN notes, dates back to Zambia’s nationalization of Zamtel in 2012, a year after LAP GreenN bought […]
The killing of a 21-old farmer in Free State province, last week, has ignited protests and raised fears about the risk of new racial tensions in South Africa, one of the most violent and unequal countries in the world. Several hundred angry farmers took to the streets in capital Pretoria to denounce the killing of […]
The Ghanaian Head of State Nana Akufo-Addo, current President of the Community of West African States (ECOWAS), said Sunday during a visit to Bamako to have “good hope” that the Malian transition authorities respect their commitments. “For the time being, all the actions undertaken by the transitional authorities give us good hope that they are […]
Moroccan royal navy has rescued during the past two days a total of 231 illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who were trying to reach Europe using inflatable dinghies, kayaks, jet skis and other makeshift boats. The migrants, who were intercepted by patrolling units in the Mediterranean, were brought back safely to various ports across Morocco […]
The military who seized power on August 18 in Mali before embarking on a transition supposed to bring civilians back to power announced Wednesday the release of the twelve civilian and military personalities arrested in their coup d’état. The first to return home was Boubou Cissé, the former Prime Minister of Mali. He was […]
Malian political parties and media spoke out about the violation of their borders by the Algerian army, which is said to have made an incursion of hundreds of kilometers in the north of the country. Mali, which is in the midst of a transition process, has been plagued by the proliferation of terrorist groups mostly […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved this week new emergency aid for 28 of the world’s poorest countries, 22 of which being Africa, to help them alleviate their debt and better cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. This second six-month tranche of debt service relief for 28 member countries under the Catastrophe […]
The community of West African states announced Tuesday the lifting of sanctions on Mali, putting an end to the embargo that had been weighing on the country since the August 18 coup d’état against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. The declaration of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States […]