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Banking and finance penetration in Africa has generally been slow until very recently. However, it has been growing lately and is on the rise, and as of 2022, it provided some kind of service to
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France Is Planning Aggression Against Niger, Claims Nigerien Government
France is planning to intervene in Niger, as it continues to deploy troops to several countries in the region, the West African state’s military government has claimed. Relations between Niger and former colonial power France
The Case for a Global Carbon-Pricing Framework
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Gabon : l’opposant Raymond Ndong Sima nommé premier ministre de transition
Ancien ministre d’Ali Bongo, l’économiste avait rejoint la plate-forme de l’opposition à la dernière élection présidentielle, avant de s’en désolidariser. Les paris allaient bon train depuis que l’on savait le nouvel homme fort du Gabon,
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Ethiopian troops accused of mass killings of civilians in Amhara region
Exclusive: Witnesses say federal forces have been looting villages and shooting farmers in their hunt for defiant Fano militiamen Ethiopian soldiers killed more than 70 civilians and looted properties in a town in Amhara, multiple
US Military Repositions Some Troops in Niger, Pulls Non-Essential Personnel
The Pentagon is repositioning some troops and equipment within Niger and will withdraw a small number of non-essential personnel “out of an abundance of caution,” U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, the first major American
Sudan’s army chief travels to Qatar for talks with emir as fighting rages in his country
Sudan’s army chief traveled to Qatar on Thursday for talks with the country’s emir, making his third international trip since fighting broke out between the military and a rival paramilitary force in mid-April, media reports