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Mauritania: 6 candidates register for June 21 elections

Registration with the Mauritanian Constitutional Council has ended with six candidates willing to contest in the June 21 presidential polls. Most of the opposition political parties are boycotting the elections because they claim that it lack s credibility and transparency.  Some of the candidates will be vying for the presidency for the first time and […]

Morocco’s competition council approves Akwa’s acquisition of Total Mauritanie

Morocco’s competition council approved the acquisition by Morocco’s Akwa Africa, a subsidiary of Akwa group, of Total Energies fuel distribution subsidiary in Mauritania. The council did not offer details on the transaction but earlier in November, Financial Afrik said it would amount to 185 million dollars. Akwa Africa was established to help the group expand […]

Tunisia-US: Remains of American soldiers killed in North African campaign to be repatriated

Tunisia will send to the US remains of American soldiers who perished in the North African country during the Second World War. This came following an agreement between the two countries that was signed Tuesday. Tunisian top diplomat Othman Jerandi inked the Memorandum of Understanding with Natacha Franceschi, the Chargée d’Affaires of the US embassy […]