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Morocco said on Monday it had signed deals for 26 auto industry projects worth a total of 1.23 billion euros ($1.45 billion) as it seeks to build its position as an international hub for the sector.
The deals include six …
Continue readingSouth Sudan needs $1.7 billion in aid next year to help 6 million people — half of its population — cope with the effects of war, hunger and economic decline, the government and the United Nations announced on Wednesday.
South …
Continue readingMorocco needs to step up structural economic reforms and maintain “sound” fiscal and monetary policies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday.
Morocco, the region’s biggest energy importer, has been working with a technical mission from the IMF on …
Continue readingIvory Coast will pay thousands of soldiers 15 million CFA francs ($25,782) each as part of buy-outs aimed at reducing the size of its unruly and mutiny-prone military, documents showed on Monday.
Africa’s fastest growing economy in 2016, Ivory Coast …
Continue readingFor the past seven years, IMANI has been assessing the manifestos of key political parties in Ghana using a framework called “IMANIFESTO”. IMANIFESTO analyses the parties’ manifestos using a coding system comprised of quantitative as well as qualitative indicators. Our …
Continue readingKenya President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for second, five-year term on Tuesday, ending months of political turmoil in the east African nation.
Kenyatta won a repeat presidential election on Oct. 26 after opposition leader Raila Odinga boycotted the vote, …
Continue readingJohannesburg Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba has launched a new cleaning programme to turn the city centre into one of the cleanest cities in Africa.
Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba is known for his work at cleaning up around Johannesburg, even …
Continue readingThe Rwandan government has offered to take in thousands of African migrants trapped in Libya under enslaved conditions, its foreign ministry chief said on Wednesday.
Louise Mushikiwabo told a local media portal that the government was ready to find space …
Continue readingZimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe was granted immunity from prosecution and assured that his safety would be protected in his home country as part of a deal that led to his resignation, sources close to the negotiations said on Thursday.…
Continue readingThis year’s West African Regional Conference (WARC) held on the 27th of October gathered 358 participants. As Olumayowa Okediran noted, “The most exciting thing about this is not the number of attendees, but the fact that our RCs in Africa …
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