APA

The 52nd Session of the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will be held in Marrakech, Morocco, from 20 to 26 March 2019.

The Zimbabwean government was on Wednesday locked up in crunch negotiations with representatives of its restive 300,000-plus workers who have threatened to down tools unless their employer agrees to drastically raise their salaries.

UN ECA Executive Secretary Vera Songwe has congratulated Mauritania for ratifying the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), as a major project for the region’s economic development.

President Mokgweetsi Masisi has clashed with former Foreign minister, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi who is challenging him for the soul of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)’s presidency ahead of its national congress billed for May.

Africa’s potential in terms of renewable energies is estimated at 310 Giga-Watts (GW), according to Hatem Fellah, Principal Agronomist at the African Development Bank (ADB) speaking in Dakar on Dakar.

Banana exports from Cameroon, which have been on a downward spiral for the last ten months, have plummeted further in December 2018.

Peace talks between the Central African government and armed groups, which began in Khartoum, Sudan, last Thursday, continue this week with amnesty and power-sharing as the main stumbling blocks to reaching an agreement.

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has moved to allay fears that loans from the world’s second largest economy China are a debt trap for African countries like his own.

The UN has paid emotive tribute to ten Chadian peacekeepers killed in an attack in Mali last week.

The UK has organized a two-day training of Angolan official with a view to combatting illegal wildlife trade.