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Morocco: Merger between Atlanta and Sanad insurance companies takes hold

The merger between Atlanta Assurances and its subsidiary Sanad Assurances took effect Monday as both firms held a joint board meeting. Groupe Holmarcom, owner of the two firms, in a statement said Atlanta will engulf Sanad in a move that will enable the insurance service company to bolster its positioning in the insurance industry in […]

Equatorial Guinea: President Obiang runs again for office, seeking to extend record 43-year rule

President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, the world’s longest-standing leader, is running for office again in Sunday elections, as he wants to extend his 43-year authoritarian rule in the oil-rich Central African nation. His party confirmed that Obiang would run in the elections to be held on Sunday (20 November). The world’s longest-standing president is […]

Kenya’s police officers ready to deploy in violence-stricken Haiti in ‘few days, few weeks’

Hundreds of Kenyan police officers have been training since late last year as the East African country is preparing to dispatch them as the first wave of a UN-backed multinational force aimed at stabilizing the chaos-ridden Caribbean nation of Haiti. Kenyan police will deploy to Haiti, a country of 11.6 million people, “in the next […]