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Several African and Arab countries have sounded the alarm over the dire food situation and risk of famine in Sudan. Morocco’s Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva said that Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Mauritania, Chad, Comoros Islands, Guinea Bissau, Seychelles, Senegal, Benin, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Mozambique, and Nigeria had expressed, in […]
Growth in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) is projected to increase from 1.8% in 2023 to 2,2% in 2024 and 4% in 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday. This is a downward revision from the April projections, the IMF pointed out in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) report. In April, […]
The UAE will resume issuing visas to Nigerian nationals following a ban that was imposed in 2022, after Nigerian authorities prevented Fly Emirates from repatriating funds. The decision was announced by Nigeria’s information minister Mohammed Idris, who added that the two countries would resume direct flights. “I can tell you that the agreement has been […]
Protesters took to the streets in various Kenyan cities calling for President Ruto to step down, as police shot tear gas and clashed with demonstrators. At least one person was killed in the renewed protests, despite president Ruto firing most of his cabinet members, Reuters reported. The protests erupted against tax hikes a month ago, […]
Ghana’s cocoa harvest was 55% less than an average year, standing at 429,323 tons, as climate change induced heat waves took a toll on local farmers. Special commodities monitors have predicted a catastrophic harvest in Ghana and other West African producers this year, following a heat wave and tree disease that damaged the harvest. Cocoa […]
Malawi has reiterated firm support for Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under its sovereignty, saying the Moroccan plan is the ONLY credible, serious and realistic solution to the Sahara regional conflict. The supportive stand was voiced by Mrs. Nancy Tembo, the Foreign Minister of this African country, following her talks held Tuesday in […]
Chad has appealed to its international partners for urgent help amid the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the central African country caused by conflicts and climate shocks in an effort to save lives of more than two million people. Abdelmadjid Abderahim, Chad’s public health minister, said flooding, an influx of over 600,000 refugees from conflict-torn Sudan, […]
Guinea Bissau has reaffirmed steadfast support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its entire Saharan territory, expressing strong attachment to the UN exclusive frame-work for achieving a realistic, practical and lasting solution to the Sahara dispute. Speaking to journalists following talks held Tuesday in Laayoune with Moroccan Foreign minister Nasser Bourita on the sidelines of the 3rd […]
With 79% of the ballots counted, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has won more than 99% of the vote during Monday’s (15 July) presidential election, according to electoral authorities, putting him on course to serve a fourth term as the country’s leader. Kagame has won every election since 2000 and he is set for a fourth […]
Germany’s top diplomat has talked up the prospect of closer political ties with Senegal and the Ivory Coast, two of the last democracies in a region otherwise plagued by sectarian conflict, in the latest attempt by a senior EU politician to rebuild the bloc’s political influence in West Africa. Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is […]