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Kenya will not default on its debt repayment obligations, the president’s chief economic adviser has said, as the country’s government failed to pay its employees for the first time since it gained its independence in 1963. Most county government workers last received their paychecks three months ago, with the delay in civil service salaries being […]
The Chinese Foreign Ministry Monday said the Asian giant is a better ally for Africa than Western countries as the continent is increasingly the target of rivalry among global powers. Wang Wenbin, the spokesman of the ministry said during a press briefing Monday China can provide assistance to Africa in places and at a time […]
The United Kingdom will halt the recruitment of health workers from Nigeria, placing the country on the red list of countries not to be targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers unless there is an agreement between governments, the government has announced. The move comes after the World Health Organization (WHO) identified Nigeria […]
Germany’s ambassador to Chad, Gordon Kricke, departed N’Djamena airport over the weekend after he was declared ‘persona non grata’ by the government for his “impolite attitude” and expelled from the country. Chad ordered the German ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours for ‘non-respect of diplomatic customs’, the government said in a statement, but […]
Scores of people have been killed in huge protests that have taken place in Ethiopia’s Amhara region for the past few days against the federal government’s plan to disarm regional paramilitary force. The plan by the Ethiopian government to disarm Amhara State’s volunteer civilian militia has sparked protests and deadly clashes in the northern part […]
Algeria has demonstrated that it is the main party in the Sahara issue by recalling its ambassador from Spain after Madrid supported Morocco’s autonomy plan for the territory, in a diplomatic escalation that spilled over to trade. Spanish ABC paper said Spanish exports to Algeria dropped 93%, while gas was all that Spain imports from […]
Morocco is importing Brazilian beef cattle in a bid to protect its own livestock hit by consecutive droughts and reduce meat prices at home amid soaring inflation. Morocco has already received thousands of cattle from Brazil as part of a plan to buy 20,000 beef cattle over the next six months, including 3000 from Spain […]
Gabon has launched a national census of the population with the aim of targeting state interventions, Minister of Economy Nicole Jeannine Lydie Roboty-Mbou has announced. The central African country counts 2.2 million according to the latest census conducted 10 years ago. The campaign, conducted by the Commission Nationale de Recensement [National Census Commission] (CNR), will […]
A declassified U.S. intelligence document recognizes the Moroccan sovereignty over the Eastern Sahara stretching from Hassi Beida (Bechar province) down to Tinjoub town (southern Mhamid Ghizlane) and holds France, the former colonial power, responsible for the territorial dispute between Morocco and Algeria. The Memo declassified by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 strengthens Morocco’s legal […]
Morocco has attracted a new American investor, CVG, a global supplier of electrical systems, which will open a facility in Tangier in the third quarter of 2023. In a recent press release, the U.S. group said it will also open another facility in Aldama, Mexico. Both locations are expected to employ approximately 1,000 new employees […]