Morocco’s Atlantic gambit: linking restive Sahel to ocean
Dubai, UAE -- A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western Sahara. The "Atlantic Initiative" promises ocean access to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger through a new...
QFFD, EAA sign pacts to back education drive in Asia, Africa
Doha, Qatar-- In order to ensure education for children in the least developed countries of Asia and Africa, Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the Education Above All Foundation (EAA) signed four Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with Senegal, Bangladesh, Liberia, and Burkina Faso.The four MoUs focus on opportunities to provide...
Tokyo to push for African seat on UN Security Council, says Japan PM
Japan will use its place on the United Nations Security Council to push for an African seat on the top world body, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday. "Japan reiterates its determination to redress the injustice against Africa of not being represented through a permanent membership on the Security Council,"...
Coups, Covid-19 repercussions cloud African Union summit
The two-day summit should discuss how to be more proactive in addressing factors that give rise to coups, including terrorism-related instability and frustration over constitutional revisions that extend leaders' time in power, said Solomon Dersso, founder of the AU-focused Amani Africa think tank.
Troubled land: The Sahel’s ‘three-border’ region
The vast arid region, along with central Mali, has become the worst-hit area in the jihadists' nine-year-old campaign
Africa Finance Corporation has 31 members now
Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo and Morocco added members in the first quarter of 2021 More than half of the continent is represented in the corporation The Africa Finance Corporation on Wednesday announced that 31 countries, representing more than half of the continent, are now its members. A year...
Africa Finance Corporation tops 30 member states
Burkina Faso, DRC and Morocco are the latest to join More than half of African nations are now members of AFC Africa Finance Corporation, one of the region’s biggest investors in infrastructure development, Wednesday announced that it has exceeded 30 member states, representing more than half the continent. Membership by...
