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France’s development agency, AFD, and Niger have inked a financing agreement for two projects worth 22 million euros in the African country. The first project focusing on household food security, will benefit from a 10 million euros subsidy to support the most vulnerable households by improving their food security. Local NGO Karkara and the national […]
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, will pay a state visit to China from 24-29 May where he is expected to meet President Xi Jinping and their meeting is widely expected to pave the way for the two countries to seal several key trade deals, including a $6 billion infrastructure-for-minerals […]
Cote d’Ivoire’s economic capital Abidjan will on October 04-07 “ECO CIR 2023”; the African continent’s summit on Circular Economy. The event is backed by the Abidjan Autonomous District headed by Robert Beugré Mambé. The district has positioned itself as an important player in the promotion and development of the circular economy in the West African […]
The Moroccan Saharan city of Laayoune has welcomed U.S. Hollywood as its newest sister city in a ceremony held Wednesday in the capital of Moroccan Sahara. Mayor of Hollywood city, Fl. Josh Levy and Head of Laayoune municipal council, Moulay Hamdi Ould Errachid, have inked the twinning agreement confirming the American recognition of the Moroccanness […]
South Africa will use its position as the 2023 chair of the BRICS multilateral bloc to advance the interests of African states under the theme of ‘BRICS and Africa Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development and Multilateralism’. “Africa supplied raw materials that contributed to the industrializations of other parts of the world. It is […]
African countries should accelerate inclusive recovery efforts to boost economic growth to eliminate the impact of the shocks caused by Covid-19, the war in Ukraine and climate change, all of which have pushed more people into extreme poverty and have increased inequality worldwide, according to Antonio Pedro, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic […]
The African Union (AU) will be sending a 90-strong observer mission to Nigeria for this month’s elections, the AU Commission announced Tuesday (14 February), as the West African country warned of increasing election-related violence. The AU said the objectives of the mission were to provide an “accurate and impartial assessment” of the electoral process, offer […]
The lack of employment more than religious belief is what is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the UN Development Program (UNDP) based on interviews with hundreds of former fighters across East, West and the Horn of Africa. The new UNDP report’s findings thus challenge traditional […]
Egypt has reached a deal with Shanghai-headquartered New Development Bank (NDB) to join the financial institution whose strategy the Arab country says is in line with its vision. Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait according to the statement from his department held talks with NDB’s Chairman Marcos Troyjo on the sidelines of COP27. Both parties, the […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco delivered, on Sunday, a speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the glorious Green March. Here follows the full text of the Royal speech: “Praise be to God, May peace and blessings be upon the Prophet, His Kith and Kin Dear Citizens, The commemoration of […]