Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the President of Egypt, has been re-elected for a third term with an overwhelming majority of 89.6% of the votes. This comes as no surprise, as the election was held with a limited number of candidates, and al-Sisi, a former army chief known for focusing on
Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the president of the transition in Burkina Faso, recently made changes to his government, specifically in the position of the head of diplomacy. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olivia Rouamba, who has been in office since March 2022 before Captain Traoré assumed power, has been replaced by
In Niamey on Wednesday, December 13, the United States expressed its willingness to resume collaboration with Niger, as long as the military regime, which took control in a coup in July, agrees to a swift transition. Following the coup that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, Washington halted its
The United Kingdom's development finance institution, the British International Investment (BII), has revealed its intention to invest $15 million in equity in Valency International, an agricultural commodities trading house headquartered in Singapore. The investment aims to support the expansion of processing and warehouse infrastructure in Nigeria. BII stated
General Abdourahamane Tiani, the leader of the military regime in Niger, has announced that the marketing of Nigerien crude oil on the global market will commence in January. He stated in a televised interview that the transportation of crude oil to the Atlantic Ocean is already in progress and that