Casablanca Port Crisis Eases as Round-the-Clock Operations Cut Container Waiting Times to 48 Hours

What professionals on the ground describe as the worst congestion episode in the history of the port of Casablanca is being resolved, as a series of emergency operational measures takes effect. Container ship processing times have fallen from between six and ten days to between 48 and 72 hours, according to data confirmed by both […]

Panic in Algeria over Potential Eviction of Polisario from AU, Jeune Afrique says

As soon as Morocco expressed and submitted its reintegration request to the African Union, panic spread among the kingmakers in the Algerian regime amid prospects of an upcoming eviction of the Polisario from the pan-African organisation, France-based Algerian journalist Farid Alilat wrote on Jeune Afrique magazine. The journalist, who is well versed on Algerian domestic […]

Egypt’s Al Sisi hosts Haftar, Aqila Saleh to support political process in Libya

Egyptian President Fattah al-Sisi hosted on Sunday Khalifa Haftar and House of Representatives’ (HoR) Speaker, Aqila Saleh in Cairo, as part of Egypt’s support for the political process that led to forming Fathi Bashagha’s government, Libya Observer reports, citing unnamed sources. The sources indicated that the visit came in a time of tension as Bashagha’s […]