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Morocco targets 30,000 more jobs in mining sector

Morocco is preparing for the launch of a new mining strategy that aims at creating 30,000 additional jobs and raising the exploration budget to 4 billion dirhams as well as revenues by 15 billion dirhams in six years, energy minister Aziz Rebbah said in Marrakech. The minister said that his department will launch soon Morocco’s […]

France reciprocates by expelling Algerian diplomats amid worsening tension

France has responded to Algeria’s decision to sack more French diplomats, ordering the departure of a similar number in a tit for tat amid worsening diplomatic, political, and economic ties. Algeria has declared more French diplomats persona non grata on Sunday, following a similar decision it had taken in mid-April. France summoned the Algerian chargé […]

Former lawmaker abducted in Ouagadougou set free

Issouf Nikièma, former parliamentarian and member of a leading political party in Burkina Faso, kidnapped last Friday July 21 in capital Ouagadougou by an unknown armed man, has been set free, his party announced Tuesday July 25. Union pour le Progrès et le Changement (UPC), Nikiema’s party, announced Tuesday that the politician was released by […]