Mauritania
AfDB grants $30 million facility to Mauritania’s GBM
The African Development Bank Group has approved a $30 million trade finance facility for the Générale de Banque de Mauritanie
Ethiopia announced on Friday its collaboration with a new African Union force to combat the Al-Shabaab Islamist insurgents in Somalia. This development follows a reconciliation last month between Ethiopia and Somalia, facilitated by Turkey, after tensions over Ethiopia's maritime deal with Somaliland. The Ethiopian Defense Minister, Aisha Mohammed, visited Somalia on Thursday to meet President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, conveying a message from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The AU force is expected to deploy later this month.
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Mauritania
AfDB grants $30 million facility to Mauritania’s GBM
The African Development Bank Group has approved a $30 million trade finance facility for the Générale de Banque de Mauritanie
Tunisia
Tunisian opposition party calls for judicial independence, return to constitutional life
In a statement released Wednesday, the National Salvation Front, Tunisia’s largest opposition coalition, said that the recent “show trials”
Algeria
Algeria jails historian who questioned Amazigh culture
An Algerian court has sentenced historian Mohamed Amine Belghit to five years in prison for offending national symbols, his lawyer
Ethiopia
Ethiopia's PM says mega dam on the Nile 'now complete'
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday that a multi-billion-dollar mega-dam on the Blue Nile that has