Nigerian among three Africans vying to head WTO
The Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala gave her big speech to the 164 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday 15 July in Geneva. Entering […]
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Partial takeover of air routes in several States in Africa
In Senegal, an Algiers-Dakar flight landed on the tarmac of the Blaise-Diagne airport in the Senegalese capital. A first after four months of interruption. Many […]
Sudan: US sanctions Russian officials and entities linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin
The US treasury has decreed sanctions against several Russian officials and entities linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close associate of Vladimir Putin, who has already […]
Tunisia: Prime Minister resigns
Elyes Fakhfakh head of government of Tunisia resigned on July 15. Appointed to this post on 20 January, he headed the coalition government that emerged […]
Côte d’Ivoire paid national tribute to Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly
Côte d’Ivoire on Tuesday paid national tribute to Prime Minister and presidential candidate Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who died on 8 July of a heart attack […]
Niger loses one of its press pioneer
Mamane Abou, journalist and a pioneer of the Nigerien press, died on Monday in Niamey at the age of 72. He was the editor of […]
Morocco announces $621m stimulus package to national carrier
Morocco will allocate $621 million to its national carrier Royal Air Maroc whose activities have taken the brunt of the covid-19 pandemic, Finance Minister Mohamed […]
Zimbabwe: $3.5 billion in compensation to White farmers expropriated in 2000
Twenty years after Robert Mugabe’s forced expropriation of white farmers, the country is preparing to pay them compensation. The government has announced that it will […]
Burkina Faso: President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré nominated to run November presidential election
President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré is running for a second term. He has just been nominated as the candidate of the People’s Movement for Progress […]
BMW to supply its battery cells with Moroccan cobalt
German car-manufacturer BMW said it will make a fifth of its battery cells for electrical cars using Moroccan cobalt under a 100 million euro contract. […]