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Sudan fighting likely to affect supply chains, disrupt regional trade — analysts

As fierce battles between armed forces loyal to two rival generals continue raging and with Sudanese counting their losses, the wider region is already reeling from the impact of the one-week conflict due to Khartoum’s economic importance in Northeast Africa, according to analysts. Khartoum’s economic importance to its neighbors have already been felt and, as […]

Ethiopian & Kenyan Runners Dominate Dakhla’s International 10-KM Road Race

Ethiopian athlete Haji Hayato Yasin won on Sunday the 2nd international 10-KM road race of Dakhla which attracted more than 700 elite and amateur runners from Morocco and abroad. Haji Hayato ran the race in 27 minutes 48 seconds, smashing the timing set during the first edition (28:30). Kenyan Kosguei Lawi finished second clocking 27 […]

Morocco: Islamist PJD party suffers crushing defeat in legislative elections

The September 8 elections in Morocco were propitious to the liberal RNI party, chaired by Aziz Akhannouch, as it won 102 seats in the 395-member House of Representatives. Such was not the case for the Islamist PJD party, which led the government for two successive terms, since 2011. The PJD actually suffered a crushing defeat, […]