Sahara: Suriname expresses full support to Autonomy Plan; decides to open Consulate General in Dakhla

Suriname has expressed full support to the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan for the Sahara as the unique basis for a political solution to the regional dispute and announced its decision to open a Consulate General in the city of Dakhla. The remarks were made by Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin in Rabat on Wednesday during a […]

Mali junta grants Goïta indefinite rule, deepening shift from democracy

Mali’s military government has formally granted junta leader General Assimi Goïta a five-year presidential term, renewable indefinitely and without elections, marking a sharp turn away from democratic governance in the Sahel nation. The new law, adopted unanimously by 131 members of the National Transitional Council last week, states Goïta’s power may be extended “as many […]

Russia will send fertilizers, wheat, petroleum products worth $100m to Mali

Mali announced Wednesday Russia is set to send 60,000 tons of oil, 25,000 tons of wheat and 35,000 tons of fertilizers worth $100 million through the port of Conakry. “Following our exchanges, a first shipment of goods should arrive in Bamako in a few weeks. These include 60,000 tons of petroleum products, 35,000 tons of […]