France has finally yielded to pressure of the Nigerien military junta to leave the country after it’s earlier insistence to stay put.
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The African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) says it has committed five billion dollars to the establishment of an African Energy Bank (AEB), to develop oil and gas assets across oil producing member countries.
The Board of Directors, African Development Fund (ADF) has approved 6.73 million dollars grant to Mozambique to support implementation of the Institutional Support Project for Business Environment and Governance.
Burkina Faso’s military junta has ordered the French embassy’s defense attaché to leave the country due to “subversive” behaviour, it said in a statement seen by Reuters on Friday.
African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwumi Adesina has called on Korean investors to seize untapped investment opportunities in Africa, especially in the energy and agriculture sectors.
In the wake of the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Morocco, King Mohammed has pledged to donate a monthly stipend of $250 for a year to each of the victims. Each of the victims will therefore receive $3,000.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday that more than 5,200 people are believed to have died in devastating floods across eastern Libya.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will launch, on Tuesday in Abuja, the Joint Platform for the Advancement of Cybersecurity in West Africa.
The Mali interim government says militants have killed at least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers in attacks on a military camp and a boat in northeastern Mali on Thursday.
ASHENEWS reported HERE on Saturday that the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Morocco had killed 632 people and injured 329.