Mauritania elections

Morocco’s phosphates exports resilient to Covid-19

Despite an overall drop in exports up to April by 20%, Morocco’s exports of phosphates in particular maintained same level in the first quarter this year compared with the same period last year signaling the strategic importance of fertilizers to global food security. The state-owned OCP, one of the world’s biggest exporters of phosphates and […]

Mali’s military tightens grip on power as Goita poised to rule until 2030 without election

Mali’s transitional president, Colonel Assimi Goita, could remain in power until at least 2030 — without facing an election after a controversial bill approved by Mali’s Council of Ministers on 11 June has proposed granting Goita a renewable five-year term starting in 2025. The bill, now awaiting ratification by the National Transitional Council, cements a […]

Sahara: Socialist International Backs Peaceful & Lasting Political Solution

The Council of the Socialist International has voiced backing to the UN-brokered efforts seeking to reach “a peaceful, pragmatic and mutually acceptable political solution” to the Sahara issue. In a resolution adopted at the end of its meeting held Jan. 28-29 in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), the Council of SI expressed support to the UN […]