Border security gets €7.3m boost as Ghana launches major West Africa Anti-Terror project

Ghana has launched a major regional border security initiative, backed by €7.3 million in European Union funding, to strengthen border management and tackle terrorism, violent extremism, and transnational organised crime across West Africa.

Activists in the region say politicians regard LGBTQ+ people as ‘the easiest scapegoats to maintain their power’ A growing number of west African countries are implementing or strengthening anti-LGBTQ+ laws, amid local political pressures and a global pushback against LGBTQ+ rights. In March, Senegal doubled the maximu

Africa · Northern Key Facts —The financing. A €250 million loan ($285 million) plus a €5 million grant ($5.7 million), totalling roughly $293.8 million. —The recipient. Morocco’s national water and electricity utility, ONEE, for its drinking water branch. —The guarantee. Tamwilcom, Morocco’s national credit guarantee i