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Congo: Sassou Nguesso’s party wins Senators’ elections

Congolese Labor Party (PCT), the party of President Denis Sassou Nguessou, has won the majority of seats in the country’s Senate polls held on Sunday August 20. The party won 52 seats out of the 72 available in the upper house, according to the result put out by the Interior ministry Wednesday August 23. “This […]

US and China Compete for Stake in Morocco-Nigeria Gas Pipeline

The strategic Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project, recently rebranded as the Atlantic Africa Pipeline, is attracting significant international interest, with both the United States and China vying for involvement in the $25 billion venture. During the IMF and World Bank Spring 2025 meetings in Washington, Nigerian Finance Minister Wale Edun revealed growing American interest in the […]

Tunisia: PM Youssef Chahed to head newly born political party

Dissidents of President Caid Essebsi’s party Nidaa Tounes launched Sunday a new political party named “Tahya Tounes” or “Long live Tunisia” and chose Prime Minister Youssef Chahed to lead it. The new party, a secular movement inaugurated in the coastal city of Monastir, will hold a general assembly later this year. Mustapha en Ahmed, chairman […]