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Rebels threaten to march on capital as Chad reels from president’s battlefield death

Rebel forces set their sights on Chad’s capital on Wednesday following the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby, a move that threatens to bring even more turmoil to a country vital to international efforts to combat Islamist militants in Africa. A spokesman for the Libyan-based rebel group, known as the Front for Change and Concord Read More…

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Bloomberg ranks Afreximbank No. 1 Mandated Lead Arranger in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bloomberg’s 2020 full-year Capital Markets League Tables has ranked African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Africa’s number one Mandated Lead Arranger (MLA) in sub-Saharan Africa. The bank made this known in a statement it issued on Friday in Cairo. According to the statement, the bank is delighted to have surpassed 2019’s second place MLA ranking and is Read More…