Category: International

IMF loans Burkina Faso $80.7m to address global food crisis impact

April 2, 2023

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has loaned Burkina Faso $80.7 million to help the West African country surf the impact of the global food crisis. ... Read More

Zambia, Germany launch €3m program to reduce carbon emission

April 2, 2023

Zambia and Germany have launched a program worth 3 million euros aiming at reducing carbon emission and promoting sustainable development projects, reports say. Launched in ... Read More

AfCFTA free trade on track, but intra-Africa’s low trade pattern is worrisome

April 1, 2023

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is on track, but more efforts are needed, experts say, as presently intra-Africa trade stands low at just ... Read More

EU, US growing investment in Africa challenges China’s Belt and Road offensive

April 1, 2023

China's Belt and Road investment in sub-Saharan Africa fell to a new low in 2023, which demonstrates that increased EU and US spending could reduce ... Read More

ICC’s Putin arrest warrant presents dilemma for South Africa before BRICS summit

April 1, 2023

The International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued for Russian’s Vladimir Putin has put South Africa’s government between a rock and a hard place, as ... Read More

AfCFTA, free movement of people to serve as catalyst for intra-African trade

April 1, 2023

The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is likely to increase the volume of intra-African trade from the current 16% to over ... Read More

MSMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa empowered by EU-funded projects

April 1, 2023

Some 174 Nigerian Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have benefited from a European Union funded facility to produce high-quality Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and ... Read More

Inauguration of Morocco-funded emergency unit at Al-Makassed Hospital in Al-Quds

March 31, 2023

The Rabat-based Bayt Mal Al-Quds Asharif Agency has inaugurated in the Holy City of Al Quds the emergency vigilance, coordination and monitoring unit, funded by ... Read More

Russia’s Rosatom to build 3rd unit of Egypt’s El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant

March 31, 2023

Egypt’s Nuclear and Radiation Control Authority (ENRRA) has granted permission to Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation for the construction of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power ... Read More

AFCON2023 set from Jan.13 to Feb.11, 2024

March 31, 2023

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) set the kickoff of the Africa Cup of Nations, to be held in Côte d’Ivoire for January 13 next ... Read More