Congo B: Sassou-N’Guesso lays foundation stone for new refinery
Congo will be equipped in 2023 with a new crude oil refinery with a capacity of 2.5 million tons per year, financed by the Chinese […]
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Burundi and EU resume dialogue in line with Cotonou agreement of 2000
A political dialogue between the government and the European Union began this Tuesday, February 2 in Bujumbura. The Burundian authorities and the EU must discuss […]
Sudan: U.S. Africa Command’s No. 2 visiting the country
This is a new step in the rapprochement between the United States and Sudan. The second in command of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), Andrew […]
Two million doses of the Covishield vaccine arrive in Casablanca
Two million doses of the Covishield vaccine, developed by the British laboratory AstraZeneca and Oxford University and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, the […]
DRC: Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi discussed the strengthening of relations with President Tshisekedi in Kinshasa
Coming from Nigeria, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, was received, Wednesday, January 6, by President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi in Kinshasa. During this audience, the two […]
Morocco acquires 65m of covid-19 vaccine doses
Morocco announced Thursday it acquired 65 million of covid-19 doses from two different laboratories for its vaccination campaign targeting 25 million Moroccans. Khalid Ait Taleb, […]
The US blacklisted Nigeria for being “of particular concern” in terms of religious freedom
The United States on Monday (December 7) added Nigeria to its blacklist of countries “of particular concern” in terms of religious freedom, considered “the first […]
Zambia admits serious financial difficulties due to Covid 19 pandemic
Having failed to meet a $42.5 million payment due to its Western creditors in October, Zambia acknowledges that it has serious cash flow problems, but […]
Senegal: Greenpeace denounces the non-transparent issuance of industrial fishing licenses to Chinese vessels
The international environmental NGO Greenpeace denounces in a report the non-transparent issuance of industrial fishing licenses to Chinese vessels. A practice that had already been […]
World Bank: Forty million Africans are at risk of falling into extreme poverty because of the Covid-19 pandemic
Leaden by the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to drop to -3.3% in 2020, leading the region into […]