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Turkey seeks to tap into Niger’s mining potential

Turkey is diversifying its African partners, moving from east Africa to the Sahel and Niger in particular where Ankara sees mining opportunities. In this respect, Turkey signed a deal to cooperate in the mining sector in the covered uranium-rich but unstable Sahel country. Turkey and Niger signed a provisional pact to boost cooperation in mining, […]

Morocco Gathers Support for South-South Climate Cooperation in New York

In honoring the pledges made during the COP22 Climate Summit in Marrakech, Morocco hosted on the sidelines of the 72nd UN General Assembly in New York a meeting dedicated to promote south-south climate cooperation. The meeting was jointly organized with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and was attended by several public […]

Gabon: A woman appointed Prime Minister, a première

After 17 months at the head of the Ministry of National Defense, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda had been named Prime Minister, in replacement of Julien Nkoghe Bekale who spent a year and a half in the position. This is the first time ever since its independence 60 years ago that Gabon is having a woman […]