Niger calls for international solidarity to address the scale of devastating floods

NIAMEY -- Niger's government on Thursday called for the support of the international community to come to the aid of thousands of people in disarray due to devastating flooding throughout its territory, Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said Thursday.

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Benin: 28.6% drop in imports from ECOWAS in the 2nd quarter

COTONOU -- Benin's imports from countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) fell 28.6 percent in the second quarter compared with the previous quarter, according to the quarterly bulletin of foreign trade statistics released Thursday in Cotonou.

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Burkina Faso launches the National Fund for Inclusive Finance

OUAGADOUGOU -- Burkina Faso's Head of State, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, on Thursday presided over the launch ceremony of the activities of the National Fund for Inclusive Finance (FONAFI) and the Project to Promote Inclusive Finance for Access to Financial Services in Burkina Faso for Low-Income Populations (PPFIB).

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Algeria: the draft law to revise the constitution adopted by the Parliament

ALGIERS -- Members of the National People's Congress (NPC, the lower house of Algeria's parliament) on Thursday adopted by a majority of votes the draft law on the revision of the constitution submitted to them by Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad.