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West African MPs Support Morocco’s ECOWAS Membership – Survey

A survey shows that 75% of West Africa’s MPs support Morocco’s membership in the Economic Community of West African States. The survey conducted by French institutes, Opinions et Région and IPSE, shows that the majority of MPs considered Morocco’s membership as a factor that will strengthen the ECOWAs while the remaining 25% considered the move […]

Senegal abandons Akon’s futuristic city project

The Senegalese government has officially ditched a land deal with American-Senegalese singer Akon, effectively halting his ambitious plan to build a futuristic, cryptocurrency-powered city dubbed “Akon City.” The project, first announced in 2018, promised a $6 billion “real-life Wakanda”, a high-tech utopia powered by renewable energy and using Akon’s own digital currency, AKoin. The city […]

Former Tunisian Presidential Chief of staff Nadia Akacha sentenced to one year in prison

The Court of first instance of Tunis sentenced Tuesday Nadia Akacha, former Chief of Staff of President Kais Saied to one year in prison, in absentia, for defamation and false accusations. The ruling from the sixth criminal chamber of the court came following a complaint by a former staff from the United Nations system accused […]