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Nigeria gets World Bank funding for social program ahead of fuel subsidy cut/in /by
Nigeria has received $800 million from the World Bank to expand its national social program as it prepares to phase out costly petrol subsidies in June.
WTO: a slowdown in world trade growth in 2023/in /by
World trade growth is expected to slow this year, dampened by the war in Ukraine, inflation, tighter monetary policies, and financial uncertainty, according to WTO projections released on Wednesday.
Morocco: demonstration against a verdict considered lax for girl’s rape/in /by
Several dozen demonstrators in Rabat denounced a verdict deemed lax against three men accused of repeated rape of an 11-year-old girl, a case that has elicited anger in Morocco
Ethiopia: interim executive formed to run Tigray region/in /by
A 27-member interim regional executive was formed Wednesday to run Tigray as part of a peace process launched in November to end the brutal conflict in the northern Ethiopian region.
Morocco condemns Israeli police over Al-aqsa mosque/in /by
Rabat "reiterates its rejection of this kind of practice which only complicates and exacerbates the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and undermines efforts to ease tensions and restore confidence," the Moroccan statement concluded.
Guinea: more than 1.5 tons of cocaine seized by the navy/in /by
The Guinean navy seized more than 1.5 tons of cocaine on Sunday from a ship flying the Sierra Leonean flag, the Guinean army said Wednesday in a statement.
Zimbabwe to criminalise foreign recruitment of health workers/in /by
Local media say more than 4,000 nurses and doctors have left Zimbabwe since February 2021.
Ex-rebels in Mali accuse the Junta of “provocation” following a jet flyover/in /by
The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), the main alliance of former rebels in the north, accused Malian army fighter jets of "flying at deliberately provocative altitudes over its bases in Ber, Amassine, Anafis and Kidal in the midst of tensions linked to the stalled peace process".
Sudan: Political deal to restore democratic transition postponed again/in /by
"The signing was postponed because of the resumption of talks between the military (...) on April 1 and 6," the text said. "Negotiations have progressed on several points, but one final issue has yet to be finalized,"
Congo: Pointe-Noire welcomes its very first cruise ship/in /by
The port of Pointe-Noire, the economic and oil capital of Congo-Brazzaville, received on Wednesday its first cruise ship carrying foreign tourists, a sign of the economic diversification sought by the Congolese government.