Online Shopping Surges 65% as Quarter of Moroccans Embrace E-Commerce

Nearly one in four Moroccans completed online purchases in 2024, marking a substantial shift in consumer behavior over the past five years, according to the National ICT Survey 2024-2025 conducted by Morocco’s telecommunications regulatory agency. The adoption rate climbed from 15.1% in 2019 to 24.9% in 2024, representing 3.7 million new online shoppers—a 65% increase. […]

Namibia restores Chinese firm’s lithium export permit despite ongoing corruption investigation

Chinese company’s lithium ore export permit has been restored by Namibia’s mining authority despite an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption. In October, Namibia banned Xinfeng Investments from exporting lithium ore, which is used in the manufacture of electric batteries and related products, until the investigation by the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) was finished. But in […]

Algeria exports security threats to Sahel- SIPRI

Algeria has shown reluctancy to support its southern neighbors in their joint efforts to counter terrorism through the G5 force, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a recent study. Algeria “has shown itself willing to export security threats to Mali to secure its own territory and safeguard its oil and gas exploitation sites,” […]