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The head of state, Patrice Talon, outgoing president of Benin, is running for the presidential election in April 2021. He has revealed it himself. He officially declared himself a candidate just over 72 hours earlier in Adjohoun, Ouémé, 63 km from the capital Cotonou....

The Moroccan circle Policy Center for the New South publishes its 2020 Africa Economic Report. The opportunity, at the end of this special year, to identify weaknesses and potential strengths for the post-Covid-19 period. An exhaustive photograph of the situation in Africa at the...

The agreement between the countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, aimed at facilitating the creation of the eco to replace the CFA franc, will soon be ratified by Côte d'Ivoire. The fact remains that the project schedule remains very imprecise. Alassane...

Senegal's annual economic chart, along with provisional figures for 2020, confirms how much services drive Senegal's growth. The finance sector, in particular, supported lower-than-expected activity in 2019. The Senegalese Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD) has adjusted its estimates of the country's activity for...

The golden rule in Morocco that ordinary revenues do not finance the debt will not be respected in 2021, nor in 2020. Its return is possible in 2022-2023, judge analysts from Attijari Global Research . For the first time since 2013, Morocco's amending finance...

FIFA intends to impose a "normalization committee" to put an end to the soap opera of the election to the presidency of the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF). Which appealed against this decision. The Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) and the International Federation (FIFA) keep opposing...

According to Afrobarometer, Africans, especially those in the Sahel, maintain a good perception of China's actions on the continent. Nevertheless, concerns are emerging about indebtedness and the lack of autonomy that it implies. Four years after its first report, the Afrobarometer is releasing the...

The continent is endowing itself with a precious tool for understanding and dealing with migratory phenomena. Based in Rabat, Morocco, the African Migration Observatory will be tasked with studying migration and assisting policy makers. At the initiative of the African Union and the King...

Simon Mizrahi is appointed to the post of Interim Director of the Communication and External Relations Department (PCER) of the AfDB. A British national, Simon Mizrahi joined the development bank in May 2009 as head of the results management division. Previously, he worked for...

The West African Development Bank has approved three new major financing operations. The most important is a partnership with Cofina, in order to support the development of SMEs with an environmental and social impact. The Board of Directors of BOAD (West African Development Bank)...