Najat Mjid

King Mohammed VI Draws Road Map for Emergence of New Africa

King Mohammed VI made the case, in a speech to the African Union leaders, for the emergence of a “New Africa” that is able to turn its youth potential and the institutional challenges it faces into development opportunities. In the speech, read out by the King’s brother Prince Moulay Rachid at the 29th African Union […]

Kenya and Uganda win $2bn railway arbitration case in London

Kenya and Uganda have secured a major legal victory after the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) dismissed a $2 billion claim filed by Rift Valley Railways (RVR) consortium over a terminated railway concession. The dispute stemmed from a 25-year agreement signed in 2006, granting RVR the right to manage and operate the 2,350-kilometer Kenya-Uganda […]

Algeria’s diplomatic fiasco under Attaf

Algeria’s impulsive military-guided diplomacy has sown wind and reaped whirlwind. The newly appointed foreign minister Ahmed Attaf has returned empty handed from Germany and Serbia to mention but a few trips in which he failed to win support for the separatist polisario front. Soon after his visit to Germany and Serbia where he met their […]