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Morocco participates in CEN-SAD high-level meeting on counterterrorism

A Moroccan delegation is taking part in a high-level meeting organized by the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) and the Nigerian government on counterterrorism strategies.   The meeting, held in Abuja April 5 – 8, discusses means of consolidating the achievements on counterterrorism in the CEN-SAD zone accomplished by various meetings of Ministers of Defense […]

Benin, Niger trade accusations as oil row escalates

Benin accused Niger of sending secret agents to spy in its Seme port where a Chinese-built pipeline was supposed to begin exporting Nigerien gas, before it was blocked by Beninese authorities last month. The arrest of five Nigerien nationals marks a new escalatory move in the standoff between the two ECOWAS neighbors. Benin said the […]

Africa should not serve as arena for global contests — China’s foreign minister

Africa should not be an arena for international competition between world powers, China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Wednesday while inaugurating the new headquarters of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a pan-African health body. Qin is on a five-nation African tour, a week after bidding farewell to Washington, D.C., […]