King Mohammed VI’s visit to Guinea Conakry was postponed until January 2018 instead of December 20, Moroccan media reported. This friendship and working visit to Conakry is the third by King Mohammed VI since President Alpha Condé took office. During his stay in Conakry, the King will hold talks with Guinean President Alpha Condé, the […]
Nigeria Wednesday signed up for 12 Russia-made military helicopters to be used in the fight against Boko Haram, an Islamic State-linked insurgency giving headache to Abuja since 2009. Under the deal, Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) will deliver 12 Mi-35 helicopters to Nigeria. The FSVTS did not reveal the value of the deal, […]
Two former executives at a Swedish oil company Lundin Oil are going on trial on Tuesday (5 September), with both defendants accused of complicity in war crimes in present-day South Sudan, with prosecutors saying both were complicit in atrocities by Sudanese army and militias between 1999 and 2003, which both flatly deny. Swiss national Alex […]
