Beyond NA Bound

Abuja, April 6, 2020 - Nigeria has asked for $6.9 billion from multilateral lenders including the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to tackle the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, its finance minister said Monday. Africa's most populous nation and...

To the amazement of the Moroccan monarchy, the United Arab Emirates has had no ambassador in Rabat for more than a year, causing a sharp stiffening of the Moroccan position vis-à-vis the UAE, recalling their ambassador in Abu Dhabi.  Relations are traditionally...

Stockholm, March 16, 2020 - The Swedish government plans to send up to 150 soldiers to Mali to support a French military initiative combining special force troops from different countries. "The government has decided to put a bill to parliament... for Swedish...

Lagos, Feb 28, 2020 (By Emmanuel Akinwotu) - When Joyce Alali heard that sub-Saharan Africa's first case of coronavirus had been confirmed in her home city Lagos, she knew immediately what to do. The Nigerian nursing student rummaged through her possessions to find...