Morocco spends 427 million euros annually on migration control

Morocco spends 427 million euros annually in fighting illegal migration, an amount that dwarfs the 500 million euros that the EU plans to offer Morocco in migration aid over five years, head of migration and border control at the interior ministry Khaled Zerouali said. In an interview with Spanish agency EFE, Zerouali said EU aid […]

Kenya, Uganda revive SGR railway extension deal, mull joint resource mobilization

The governments of Kenya and Uganda have now revived the plans to build a standard gauge railway (SGR) between them, with each of them pursuing individual financing for their SGR portions, with Kenya signing commercial contracts and Uganda set to finalize its deal soon. These steps signal renewed efforts in both countries to upgrade infrastructure […]

Nuclear Accord: Iran Supreme leader tells citizens not to worry in wake of US sanctions

Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a message on his official website Wednesday called on Iranians not to worry after the U.S. re-imposed economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic as pressure aimed at forcing authorities in Teheran to renegotiate a new nuclear deal that suits the US terms. “With regard to our situation do […]