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The government of Ghana has announced it plans to join the West African currency that will replace the CFA franc in 2020 in eight regional countries. The adoption of the new currency, which is called the Eco, would make Ghana the bloc’s largest economy, ahead of neighboring Côte d’Ivoire, but it urged members of the […]
Côte d’Ivoire has issued an arrest warrant for presidential candidate Guillaume Soro, a one-time rebel leader and former Prime Minister. Soro, 47, former speaker of the country’s parliament, is accused of attempting to undermine the government, embezzling public funds and laundering money worth more than €2 million. The former Prime Minister was expected in Abidjan, […]
Ugandan musician-turned-lawmaker, Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as as the “ghetto president” has vowed to rock the halls of power with a run for the top job in the East African nation. According to Bobi Wine, incumbent President Yoweri Museveni’s 33 years in power was “a dictatorship”. Museveni has described Wine as an enemy of prosperity, […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) last week announced a contribution of $220 million to implement a results-oriented program intended to improve territorial competitiveness in Morocco. The program, part of Morocco’s efforts to implement its industrial acceleration plan at the level of regions, is aimed at setting up new industrial poles, attracting private investors and generating […]
The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a grant to the government of Sudan to accelerate the adoption of solar-powered irrigation pumps in the country’s West Kordofan and North Kordofan states. The project will enable farmers to adopt renewable energy technology through the installation of 1,170 photovoltaic (PV) irrigation pumps, the establishment of […]
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released its three-man shortlist for the 2019 Player of the Year awards. Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez who captained Algeria to Nations Cup success in Egypt in 2019 and Liverpool duo Sadio Mane of Senegal and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah are on top of the list. Mane and Salah […]
Côte d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara has announced that West Africa’s monetary union has agreed with France to rename its CFA franc the Eco and cut some of the financial links with Paris. The CFA will undergo three major changes, according to Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara. The name will change to Eco in 2020; France, would […]
A raid by French troops in Mali has killed 33 Islamist militants last weekend using attack helicopters, ground troops and a drone, near the border with Mauritania, French President Emmanuel Macron said. The operation took place in a different part of Mali where 13 French soldiers died last month in a helicopter crash while tracking […]
Morocco and Mauritania are determined to bolster their cooperation particularly in matters related to security, stability and development of West and North Africa. This cooperation was discussed at a meeting Friday in Rabat between the two countries’ Foreign Ministers, Nasser bourita and Smael Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who is visiting Morocco to take part in the […]
Fourteen months after suffering a stroke, Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba has opened the central African regional bloc’s extraordinary summit in Libreville. Bongo, 60, is the current chair of the 11-nation Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), a 36-year-old organization meant to forge a common market among its member states. Bongo spoke without notable […]