The World Bank’s latest semi-annual MENA Economic Update released on Wednesday, indicates that the GDP of the UAE is projected to grow at 3.3% in 2024, rising to 4.1% in 2025 Update. Entitled "Growth in…
Nigeria to work harder to establish businesses after…
Nigeria is one of the African countries which is moving in the correct direction when it comes to development and progress. But despite hard attempts, the government is failing to establish successful businesses and that…
United Kingdom announces additional $8 million to tackle…
The United Kingdom’s Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Affairs, Nick Dyer, announced an additional $8 million (£5.5 million) package for Somalis to deal with the effects of the extreme drought in Somalia. The…
The death of a 5-year-old boy trapped in…
Rayan, a five-year-old child, was stuck in a deep well for four days. As the boy's death was reported in a royal palace statement on Saturday night, King Mohammed VI conveyed his sympathies to the…
Violent outrage against the Sudan coup continues to…
Another day of violent protests in Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan. On Thursday, hundreds of Sudanese people were on the streets and marched towards the house of 23-year-old Thabit Hussein. People wanted to protest…
Why Has Burkina Faso Opted For Military Coup?
Burkina Faso - The junta leader in Burkina Faso has come in the limelight of media and made a formal statement that the country will return to constitutional order when conditions are right. The military…
Eritreans forced to deport from Egypt, HRW highlights…
Egypt- Human Rights Watch reported that Eriterians who are seeking asylum in Egypt have been forcefully deported from the country by the Egyptian authorities. The asylum seekers include children, women, homeless or unemployed people. The…
President Kabore of Burkina Faso has been “detained”.…
Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was detained in a barracks in Ouagadougou on Monday, a day after mutinies in military bases in this Jihadist-infested country.A security source told AFP that "President Kaboré, the…
Tunisia president’s chief of staff resigns over fundamental…
Tunisia - Tunisia is witnessing one of the worst climates of political turmoil in recent years. Post Arab Spring, it seemed a democratic flavor had arrived in the country but unfortunately circumstances made it impossible…
Former President Keita’s funeral was held in Mali
According to AFP correspondents, Mali paid a final respect to former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who died this week, a year and a half after being overthrown by the military. The junta that succeeded him…
Leaders from Mali joined tens of thousands of…
Mali - Malians took to the streets in droves on Friday after the military junta called for protests against the West African bloc ECOWAS's harsh sanctions over the country's postponed elections. Thousands of people dressed…
Mali Intends To Protect Trade Embargo by ECOWAS
Mali has been sanctioned by ECOWAS and the West African Economic and Monetary Union. According to the transitional PM Choguel Maïga, Mali will not take this insult sleeping and will look into lodging a formal…
Tunisians disobey the government’s ban on social gatherings
Tunisia - On Friday, Tunisian police fired tear gas and water cannons at hundreds of demonstrators who defied a prohibition on public meetings to protest President Kais Saied's power grab in July. Hundreds of Saied's…
At the presidency, a South African indigenous king…
Outside President Cyril Ramaphosa's office, South African police uprooted a cannabis garden that had been growing for more than three years. As they drag a shoulder-high cannabis plant across the presidential grounds in Pretoria, police…
Nigeria allows access to Twitter after seven months…
Nigeria - Nigeria has lifted off the ban from using Twitter within its borders after seven months of clamping down the social networking site. The Nigerian government announced that it will suspend Twitter last year…
A fire suspect in South Africa has been…
South Africa - In South Africa, the prime suspect in the early January fire at Parliament was charged with terrorism on Tuesday. Zandile Mafe, 49, appeared in court for the second time since being arrested…
ECOWAS Hits Mali With Severe Sanctions Over The…
Mali - West Africa’s main regional bloc ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) will close their borders with Mali. The members of ECOWAS will also impose economic sanctions on Mali over the delay of…
Is Biden ready to take a call on…
Morocco - Over the years, relations between Morocco and the United States did not stand firm on the said documents. A lot of treaties, agreements have been made between the two but the subtle ignorance…
Gambia: Court rejects election result challenge to Barrow’s…
Gambia - The Supreme Court of Gambia has rejected a plea that challenged the victory of sitting President Adama Barrow in the presidential election conducted on December 4. The challenge plea was made by the…
