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Nigerian intellectuals warn Tinubu’s govt against hosting US, French military bases

Several prominent Nigerian intellectuals have sent an open letter to the country’s president and the National Assembly, urging them to tread with maximum caution over an alleged signing of a defense pact with the United States and France to establish their military bases in the West African country. The coalition, without providing evidence, accused Washington […]

Moroccans evacuated from Wuhan leave quarantine in good health

No coronavirus has been registered in Morocco since the outbreak of the pandemic in China’s Wuhan in December. All the Moroccans who were repatriated from the infected area in China left the hospital following a 20 day-quarantine all in good health. They were 167 Moroccans who had to stay in quarantine at hospitals in Meknes […]

Google’s $1bn Africa investment plan is centered on the ‘spirit of Ubuntu’

Through its $1bn five-year investment plan, US tech giant Google wants to tap into the African concept of “Ubuntu”, which was originally meant to pivot pan Africanism. Proponents of Ubuntu philosophy, such as South African fallen cleric Desmond Tutu, see it as a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity — in this case […]