Tanzania on high alert following Ebola cases in neighboring Uganda
The Tanzanian Minister of Health has issued an “alert” on Sunday following the outbreak of Ebola cases this week in neighboring Uganda. The number of […]
Articles by Khalid Al Mouahidi
Algeria: business tycoon close to Bouteflika in custody on graft charges
A court in capital Algiers Monday has ordered the detention of a business tycoon close to former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on corruption charges. Mahieddine Tahkout, […]
Two African nations take seats on UN Security Council
Niger and Tunisia will join the United Nations’ Security Council as of Januray 2020 for a two-year period as non-permanent members. Seven candidates ran for […]
Sudan: TMC U-turn
In Sudan, the military council on Tuesday announced that it had decided to cancel all that had been previously agreed with civilians about the country’s […]
Algeria: Former head of business council facing 18 months in prison
An Algerian prosecutor Monday demanded a court to hand 18 months in jail and around €800- fine to Ali Haddad, the former chair of the […]
Rwanda to launch a 2000-unit social housing project
Rwanda plans to build at least 2,000 affordable housing units, under a joint venture between Shelter Afrique, a pan-African housing finance institution, and the Development […]
France allocates Togo €14 million for waste management
The French Development Agency (AFD) approved €14 million in funding to the municipality of Lomé, to improve waste management in Togo’s capital. Lomé, a city […]
Africa’s free trade zone on the rails
The African free-trade zone came into effect on Thursday after the 22nd member country of the AU ratified the treaty last month, thus paving the […]
Morocco & UK, a shared determination to boost cooperation
Secretary of state for Foreign Affairs Mounia Boucetta met, on Thursday in Rabat, with British secretary of state for International Trade Liam Fox on ways […]
South Africa: Italy-based power generation company to build a 140 MW wind farm
In South Africa, Enel Green Power RSA, a subsidiary of an Italian power generation and distribution group, has announced the commencement of construction of a […]