The Ivorian government will spend CFA308 billion ($550 million) to rehabilitate the “Coastal Road” which links Abidjan to San Pedro. The announcement was...
In Burkina Faso, the government wants to change the current process of ratifying financing agreements. According to the authorities, the process, which...
Since the 2020 edition, the World Bank had suspended the publication of the Doing Business to investigate irregularities in data. Yesterday, the...
After the 1.5% recession experienced in 2020, Africa will see its economy grow to 2.5%, according to UNCTAD. In its recent report on global trade and...
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and the African Development Bank have launched a call for applications for the first edition of the African Youth...
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The Ivorian government announced yesterday it has launched an anti-graft operation to clean up and make all public services transparent.
In an official...
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The Wagner Group is reportedly close to reaching an agreement with the Malian junta. Diplomatic sources who requested anonymity told Reuters that the...
In Sub-Saharan Africa, over 86 million people could become internally displaced persons, by 2050, because of climate change. This would represent...
In its November 2020 report, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) draws a direct correlation between the high rate of road deaths in countries...
The Ivorian government has ordered an investigation into the military aircraft crash that recently happened in Tehini region, near the border with Burkina...
The conflict in the Tillaberi region of Niger has escalated in recent years with mass killings forcing people to flee and children to leave school....
With 52,293 cases recorded as of Wednesday, September 8, Côte d'Ivoire experienced a peak in covid-19 infections in August 2021. Authorities attribute...
The Millennium Challenge Corporation is one of Africa’s main financing partners, especially in the electricity sector. However, fund beneficiaries are...
The African Development Bank Wednesday joined leaders of government and international organizations in calling for stronger partnerships to support...
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Global leaders stressed the critical urgency of climate adaptation when they came together in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on Monday at a meeting of the...
Growing violence in Ituri and North Kivu has forced the DRC government to establish a permanent military presence and martial law. However, these measures...
The African Development Bank returns as a top-tier partner of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) – Africa’s largest agriculture conference – to be...
Following a coup that saw Guinean President Alpha Conde toppled and arrested by the army yesterday September 5, the Economic Community of West African...
Four years after ECOWAS’ Operation Restore Democracy was launched in the Gambia to force former President Yahya Jammeh to leave power, Senegalese troops...
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When Jean Damacene arrived at the Tongogara Refugee Camp in Zimbabwe, he was 38 years old and hoping to return to his country Rwanda soon. Eighteen years...
Moroni Terminal trains its employees to drive reach stackers to reinforce its operational capacities
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The Fund for Export Development in Africa -FEDA- initiated in 2019 by Afreximbank is now allowed to operate in Rwanda. The country became this week the...
Authorities in Senegal are exploring ways to boost the cotton industry after the sector delivered poor performances in recent years. The Agricultural...
As part of initiatives to help Africa catch up with the Covid-19 vaccination campaign, France and Germany announced they are giving the continent 80...
Algerian authorities arrested Tunisian politician Nabil Karoui yesterday August 29. The information was reported by local media sources.
The 58-year-old...
The Burkinabe government announced last week it has set a new security plan to fight terrorism on its territory. The plan was presented last August 27 by...
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Heads of international development institutions held a closed-door session with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday to discuss the uneven global...
Since the Taliban took power, tens of thousands of Afghans have been fleeing their country. In Africa, Uganda and Rwanda have agreed to host them.
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Francophone leaders and entrepreneurs have been holding since August 24, in Paris, the first meeting of Francophone entrepreneurs. As discussions continue...
Côte d'Ivoire will receive $925 million in financing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This is the country’s share in the $650...
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