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Morocco’s state-owned phosphate OCP group has pledged to dedicate 4 million tons of fertilizers for African farmers in 2023 in a solidarity move with African countries. The announcement was made by OCP Chairman & CEO Mostafa Terrab at the ongoing 2022 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings held in Washington-DC 10-16. Over 44 million farmers across 35 […]
The Spanish Council of Ministers approved, on Wednesday, an agreement to grant a loan of up to 20 million euros to the Fund for the financing of microfinance organizations in Morocco, Jaïda. The loan, granted through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), aims to finance the expansion of the Jaïda Fund portfolio. ”The […]
Moldova is considering establishing an embassy in Egypt over the coming period as part of efforts to strengthen ties with the Arab country, the Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European country has revealed. Nico Popescu made the announcement Tuesday as he met with Egypt’s Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli. The two officials […]
Chad’s Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacke resigned on Tuesday (11 October) in order to pave the way for a new government after the Central African country announced the postponement of elections by two years to 2024. His resignation was announced by the presidency on Tuesday. Padacke, a civilian politician, was named prime minister of a […]
Several hundred students demonstrated Tuesday (11 October) in a city in northern Burkina Faso to claim their “right to education,“ while hundreds of displaced girls in Cameroon have protested against the conflicts that have disrupted or halted their education. in Djibo, the main city in northern Burkina Faso, which has been under a jihadi blockade […]
The new Ebola outbreak in Uganda has killed 19 people while five medical staff members that contracted the virus have recovered and been discharged from an isolation unit, the Ministry of Health in Kampala said Tuesday (11 October). According to the country’s health minister Jane Ruth Aceng, five affected districts have seen “54 cumulative confirmed […]
With many Africans using cryptocurrencies for everyday transactions rather than speculation, cryptocurrency market across Africa grew by over 1200% between 2020 and 2021, and its usage remains high in 2022 despite the ongoing difficult bear market. 2022 has been a very difficult year for digital asset and cryptocurrency markets when the value of many major […]
Morocco and Luxembourg have both expressed resolve to promote their partnership and develop further their economic cooperation. This came during the meetings Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, held Tuesday in Rabat with several members of the Moroccan cabinet, including Head of the Government Aziz Akhannouch and Economy and Finance Minister Nadia Fettah. During […]
Through its $1bn five-year investment plan, US tech giant Google wants to tap into the African concept of “Ubuntu”, which was originally meant to pivot pan Africanism. Proponents of Ubuntu philosophy, such as South African fallen cleric Desmond Tutu, see it as a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity — in this case […]
Ethiopia’s president Sahle-Work Zewde has reiterated calls for negotiations and other peaceful resolution means to end the country’s nearly two-year civil war. “The government has stated clearly that it will always keep the door open for peace,” Zewde said that while addressing the Ethiopian parliament on October 10. “We continue to urge for negotiations without […]