Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled the oil-rich West African state for 55 years and is now favorite for a third term, will face 18 other candidates in next month’s poll, authorities announced Monday (24 July). The 64-year-old, who took over from his father Omar Bongo Ondimba in 2009, officially announced in […]
Morocco and France said they are ready to expand their cooperation to new fields such as new technologies and renewable energies building on solid ties and fruitful partnership in industry and services. The remarks were made in a joint statement following talks between visiting French Finance Minister Bruno le Maire and his Moroccan peer Mohamed […]
The Libyan ambassador to India, Ali Al-Issawi, said they have solicited India’s support in order to learn from its experience in drafting a constitution and rebuilding an economy. Ambassador Al-Issawi said they “are building the system from scratch” and they will need help in certain areas like parliamentary system and local administrative setup. Political figures […]
