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Egypt has announced a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on policies and economic and structural reforms for the country’s new economic reform program, amid talks for a new loan program. Egyptian authorities announced the success of technical meetings held between an Egyptian delegation and the director and experts of the IMF, saying the […]
The African Union’s (AU) chairman has called for an “immediate, unconditional ceasefire” in the two-year-old conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, whereby his call for a truce comes as the pan-African body makes efforts to bring the warring sides to the negotiating table. African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed “grave concern” in a […]
Two Memoranda of Understanding on the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline were signed on Saturday in Nouakchott, Mauritania, to advance the progress of the project which aims to turn Africa into a self-reliant continent in terms of gas supply. The first MoU was signed by Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), the National Nigerian Petroleum […]
Startup travel aggregator AfroAtlas announced it has established a new partnership with Lufthansa Group that has given it direct access to an Artificial Intelligence-powered platform that could reduce the cost of access to air transport services in eastern Africa. AfroAtlas CEO Ahmed Ugas says the German company’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) platform will consolidate online […]
The 5th edition of the YouthConnekt Africa summit that ended in Kigali, Rwanda, on Saturday (15 October) was attended by thousands of young innovators and leaders from all across the world who discussed different ways to promote growth and advancement for the youth of the African continent. This year’s summit — on the theme “Accelerating […]
A three-week lockdown has been imposed in Uganda’s two central region districts to curb the spread of Ebola, which has killed 19 people since the first death nearly a month ago. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced on Saturday (15 October) he has ordered the lockdown to restrict movements into and out of Mubende and Kassanda, […]
The administration of President Patrice Talon of Benin has unveiled the 2023 budget put at around $4.5 billion, up from $4.4 billion the previous year. The cabinet also forecasts 6.5 per cent of Gross Domestic Growth (GDP) for the same year, a little higher than the 6 per cent attained last year. The government forecasts […]
Thousands of Tunisians from different regions of the country participated Saturday in capital Tunis in a demonstration to denounce President Kais Saied’s anti-democratic “coup” and his moves to consolidate his political power and to demand accountability for the country’s long-running economic crisis. The demonstrators, led by the National Salvation Front, a coalition of opposition parties […]
The Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution reiterating its support to the political process conducted under the exclusive auspices of the United Nations for the settlement of the regional dispute over the Sahara. The resolution, adopted Friday, calls on all parties to cooperate fully with the UN Secretary General and his […]
The 19th Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM) will be held next November 11 to 19, and is scheduled to screen 76 films from 33 countries, divided into several sections. According to an FIFM press release, the movies will be screened in several sections, namely the Official Competition, Gala Screenings, Special Screenings, the 11th Continent, a […]