Près de 400 milliards d’euros. C’est le montant de la dette publique extérieure des pays d’Afrique subsaharienne. Chine, Banque mondiale, Club de Paris, créanciers privés… Auprès de qui l’Afrique est-elle endettée ? La réponse, pays par pays, en infographies. Le débat sur le niveau d’endettement public des pays africains est …
Read More »As Ethiopian Troops Exit Tigray, Time to Focus on Relief
The devastating civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region took a stunning turn on 28 June. Eight months after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a federal military intervention to remove Tigray’s governing party from power and quash Tigrayan loyalist forces, federal troops had to abandon almost all the territory they had …
Read More »Resurgent Tigray and Horn of Africa Politics
The war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region just took an unexpected turn. Seemingly isolated in mountainous reaches of central Tigray only weeks ago, Tigrayan rebels last week overran regional capital Mekelle and other cities and towns they had left last November when federal troops moved in. They were met by dancing …
Read More »Study on Libyan price fluctuations and access to cash post devaluation shows improvements
A study on Libyan household economic vulnerability to price fluctuations and access to cash in the first five months following the devaluation of the Libyan dinar showed that there have been improvements. The study has drawn on 15 months of price data to explore other factors that might affect Libya’s …
Read More »Italy opens its consulate in Benghazi – Consul meets Hafter
Italian Consul Carlo Batori finally arrived in Benghazi yesterday to reopen the Italian Consulate in the city. Officially, his arrival was a very low-profile affair. The Italian embassy in Tripoli has made no official announcement. Instead, it was left to the General Command of the Libyan National Army (LNA) to …
Read More »Tchad-France : ce que Emmanuel Macron et Mahamat Idriss Déby se sont dit
Le président français a reçu son homologue tchadien le 5 juillet à l’Élysée. Transition et élections, dispositif militaire, problèmes financiers… Les deux hommes ont abordé plusieurs dossiers importants. Emmanuel Macron et Mahamat Idriss Déby se sont entretenus durant une heure en tête-à-tête. Ils ont évoqué la transition tchadienne, notamment la …
Read More »Foreign Ministry chief heads to Morocco on diplomatic mission
Director-General of the ministry Alon Ushpiz slated to meet his Moroccan counterpart and other senior diplomats in Rabat visit that comes ahead of the start of commercial flights between the two countries as part of the Abraham Accords signed last year The director-general of the Foreign Ministry, Alon Ushpiz, flew …
Read More »Egypt uses military to send firm message to newly conciliatory Turkey
Despite quiet talks between the two rivals, base opening and military exercises show Sissi not ready to accept Erdogan’s overtures Egypt sent a firm message to its regional rival Turkey this week, flexing its military might even as it engages in steps meant to calm tensions between the two Sunni …
Read More »Egypt ends impounding of ship that got stuck in Suez Canal
An Egyptian court on Tuesday lifted a three-month long judicial seizure of a hulking shipping vessel that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year, paving the way for it to leave Egypt. Following the decision by the court in the city of Ismailia, the Ever …
Read More »Diplomacy wears thin between Egypt, Ethiopia over Nile Dam
The statements between Egypt and Ethiopia escalated ahead of the second stage of filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, as experts warn of the repercussions of dwindling coordination between Cairo and Khartoum on the matter. Egypt has once again warned Ethiopia over the continued failure to reach an agreement on …
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