Seychelles: Inflation at 4.3 pct in June, Tourism Board forecasts 5% growth
Seychelles’ inflation rose to 4.3 percent year-on-year in June from 4.0 percent a month earlier, official data showed on Wednesday. Month-on-month inflation stood at 0.5 […]
Articles by Khalid Al Mouahidi
Algeria accuses U.S of “simplistic” and “wrongful” reporting
The Algerian foreign ministry has slammed a report from the U.S State Department that criticized the North African country’s human rights records. The ministry said […]
Egypt: ‘Freedom of press in danger under draft anti-terrorism law’, press syndicate
The Press syndicate in Egypt went public on Monday to denounce the new draft anti-terrorism law which, they say, will jeopardize the freedom of press […]
Egypt to sign Cooperation Strategy Deal with AfDB
Egypt is to sign this month the country strategy agreement with the African Development Bank (AfDB), official source said on Saturday. The minister of International […]
Kenyan Diaspora sends home Sh12.9bn in May
Kenyans working abroad sent home Sh12.9 billion in May, a 7.6 per cent increase from the Sh11.9 billion remitted in May 2014. Yet, the government […]
Nigeria: Transcorp plans to increase power generation capacity by 2018
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp) is planning to expand its power generation capacity to 2,500MW by 2018 with an investment of $1.57bn. Transcorp, which also […]
Foreign investment: Rwanda targets $1.2 Bln in 2015
Rwanda aims to increase foreign direct investment in 2015 to $1.2 billion, a fourfold jump from two years ago, helped by a new investment Code […]
Libya-Côte d’Ivoire: GreenN telecoms company and Ivorian government reach agreement
Libya Africa Investment Portfolio (LAP), owner of GreenN telecoms, announced on Thursday that the Ivorian government would not nationalize the ailing GreenN Cote d’Ivoire telecoms […]
Egypt: Around 100people killed amongst them nine from the Muslim Brotherhood
Nine leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood have been killed in an apartment in Cairo where they were meeting to plan terrorist plots, according to the […]
Ghana: 15% hike in petroleum prices
One week after new 15 percent increment in transport fares across Ghana, prices of gas and petroleum products are due to go up by 15% […]