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Irish FM spurns Polisario lobbyists, promises closer ties with Morocco

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney gave the cold shoulder to a Polisario lobbyist and reiterated Ireland’s position in favor of a political solution to the Sahara regional conflict under the umbrella of the UN. As Ireland prepares to open an embassy in Rabat, Coveney told MPS at the question time that his country “supports the […]

Iraq: Abu Alaa Afri, ISIS new leader  

After several media outlets reported that the caliph of the Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was injured in a coalition airstrike in western Iraq last month, Iraqi government adviser Dr Hisham al Hashimi confirmed that the caliph has temporarily handed over power to Abu Alaa Afri due to the injuries he sustained from the bombings. […]

Guinea takes control of MTN Subsidiary Areeba Guinea, faces challenge of modernizing telecom operator

The Guinean Government has taken control of the telecommunications operator Areeba Guinea, previously owned by the South African group MTN. This move asserts Guinea’s sovereignty over its telecommunications sector, but the real challenge will be revitalising an operator that has fallen behind in modernizing its infrastructure. MTN Guinea had a 21% market share in the […]