American Airlines signed a codeshare agreement with Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc to complement its new route to Casablanca wherefrom it seeks further expansion into Africa. The agreement will enter into force upon approval by the US Department of Transportation. The two airlines already have an interline agreement in place. But the codeshare would allow the […]
A French inter-ministerial Committee overseeing export of military equipment, CIEEMG, has vetoed the delivery of four AML90 armored vehicles to Gabon over fear that the equipment might be used to crackdown on protests during next year’s coming presidential elections, Africa Intelligence reports. The move, France-based media notes, came following pressure by Direction Afrique et océan […]
The United Nations has affirmed that no decision has so far been made on the appointment of a new UN Sahara envoy in replacement of German Horst Köhler, 76, who stepped down last May “for health reasons”. In his daily press briefing, Farhan Haq, Deputy spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, said on Tuesday “there were […]
