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Libya: Tripoli bombs IS in Sirte

The Tripoli-based government has targeted militants of the Islamic State group in Sirte in airstrikes and eyewitnesses have stated that the militants were hit. Defense ministry spokesman Mohamed Abdulkafi confirmed the attack and explained that “warplanes of the air force of the National Salvation government conducted air strikes last night on an internal security building […]

Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline, a catalyst for regional economic integration

The Atlantic gas pipeline that will connect Morocco to Nigeria has a potential to boost economic integration across 13 African states, boost energy supply in West Africa and power the region’s economies, head of Morocco’s mines and hydrocarbons agency ONHYM Amina Benkhadra said. The pipeline, to be achieved at an estimated cost of $26 billion, […]

Optimist-in-chief: Africa’s prosperity depends on Africans to be able to move freely

Despite general skepticism about Africa’s economic promise, Akinwumi Adesina, the chief of the African Development Bank (AfDB), who has been dubbed, “Africa’s optimist-in-chief,” believes that the future of Africa will defy everyone’s expectations. The skepticism is fueled by all the recent negative development affecting Africa: Covid-19 pandemic; the Russia-Ukraine war and its pressure on food […]