Author: Ndeye Magatte Kebe

Tanzania and Rwanda agreed, on Sunday 14 January 2017, to build a railway line of 400 kilometers from Kigali to the port of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). The announcement was made by Tanzanian President John Magufuli at a press conference following his talks with Rwandan President Paul Kagame in the Tanzanian capital. According to President Magufuli, the construction of the railway line in question would be financed jointly by the two countries. The Foreign Ministers will meet next week to begin looking into the modality of funding so that the construction of the railway line can start immediately, as feasibility…

The Chadian government, after two meetings with the trade union centers, decided to suspend the plan to reduce the salaries of civil servants. This measure had been considered with a view to meeting the requirements of its technical and financial partners, in particular the International Monetary Fund (IMF). However, according to the Prime Minister, Pahimi Padacké Albert, who was speaking on Wednesday 10 January during a meeting without debate with the unions, the renunciation of the decline in wages will not prevent the government from saving 30 billion FCFA on the payroll in accordance with the requirement of its funders.…

Two hundred Nigerian employees of the Aïr Mine Company (SOMAÏR), the Nigerian branch of the French nuclear group Areva, have just been dismissed “for economic reasons”, as have 500 other subcontractors. Areva, which has been operating for more than 50 years through its subsidiaries SOMAÏR and COMINAK, the uranium deposits of Arlit (far north), has implemented its plan of departure announced last October to cope with market difficulties . These measures are part of a plan launched by Areva’s two subsidiaries in Niger to cope with the situation created by the decline in uranium prices on international markets in recent…