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World Bank to Invest $2 Billion in Africa
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
The World Bank has announced that it will invest $2 billion to support medium and small businesses in Africa and boost trade as the region recovers from the COVID-19 downturn.
The International Finance Corporation…
‘Women Could Do Whatever They Wanted’
ADF STAFF
Asli Hassan Abade made history as the first female air force pilot in Africa. She is a product of a unique time in her native Somalia’s history.
After Somalia became an independent country in 1960, its military branches grew…
Where Am I?
CLUES
This place also is known as Mij Mkongwe, which is Swahili for “Old Town.”
The old Swahili trading town includes Arab, European and Indian influences but also retains its Indigenous characteristics.
Darjani Bazaar is at the…
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U.S. Africa Command Staff
Private security should come with a warning label: Buyer beware.
Private military companies (PMCs) can be valuable when they play a supporting role. Militaries hire them to transport troops and equipment or…
A Vision of a New African Trade Model
Wamkele Mene, secretary-general of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat,
spoke on January 1, 2021, at the AfCFTA Start of Trading Ceremony Webinar. His comments have been edited to fit this format.
Truly today…
‘Seedballs’ Give Kenya’s Forests a Helping Hand
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
The round black pellets easily could be mistaken for animal dung. But they contain acacia seeds that help regrow Kenya’s depleted forests.
Mara Elephant Project rangers have scattered 22,000 “seedballs” around an…