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Côte d’Ivoire forecasts a 9.8% GDP growth in 2016

January 22, 2016 Geraldine Boechat 0

Côte d’Ivoire is hoping to achieve 9.8 percent economic growth this year, Budget Minister Abdourahmane Cisse told reporters on Thursday. The French-speaking West Africa’s largest […]

Burkina: MPs agree 19% pay cut “in solidarity with victims”

January 20, 2016 Geraldine Boechat 0

All members of Burkinabe parliament on Tuesday agreed on a salary reduction in solidarity with the victims and all people who suffered during the popular […]

Some 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa, WFP

January 19, 2016 Geraldine Boechat 0

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Monday said it is increasingly concerned about food security for an estimated 14 million people in southern […]

Egypt seeks $1bln loan from China

January 18, 2016 Geraldine Boechat 0

Egypt’s central bank is expected to borrow one billion dollars in a concessional loan from China to help shore up its foreign reserves. The loan […]

Burundi: ethnic dimension of crisis expanding

January 15, 2016 Geraldine Boechat 0

The office of U.N. rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein’s sounded the alarm Friday that the ethnic dimension of the crisis in Burundi was increasing. “All […]

Nigeria-Cameroon submarine cable system launched

January 12, 2016 Geraldine Boechat 0

MainOne, West Africa’s leading telecoms and network services provider, has announced the completion and launch of the high capacity Nigerian-Cameroon Submarine Cable System (NCSCS). This […]

Kenyan: A teacher found guilty for radicalising pupils, gets 20-year jail term

January 8, 2016 Geraldine Boechat 0

A court in Mombasa has found a teacher at an Islamic school guilty of radicalizing his students by teaching them radical jihad and sentenced him […]

Tunisia reshuffles cabinet to tackle growing terrorism and economic crisis

January 7, 2016 Geraldine Boechat 0

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid announced on Wednesday a major cabinet reshuffle in an attempt to boost the effectiveness of his government as it grapples […]

South Africa to import 5 mln tonnes of maize in 2016

January 6, 2016 Geraldine Boechat 0

South Africa Agriculture Minister, Senzeni Zokwana on Monday said his country may start importing white and yellow maize from the United States through the AGOA […]