UNIDO & AU workshop on AfCFTA

Burkina Faso declares ‘general mobilization’ after series of terrorist attacks

Burkina Faso’s military junta declared a ‘general mobilization’ which should help the army to recapture 40% of the country’s territory, which is controlled by terrorists affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group, as the deadly insurgency continues. The goal of the ‘general mobilization’ is to give the state “all necessary means” to combat a […]

Gambia: Four soldiers arrested over botched military coup

Gambian authorities have arrested four soldiers indicted for a failed military coup aiming to topple incumbent President Adama Barrow and his administration. “Based on intelligence that some soldiers in the Gambian army were plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Adama Barrow, the high command (of the Gambian armed forces) quickly mounted a […]

Italian ferry company opens new bureau in Nador

Italian ferry company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) has inaugurated this week a new bureau in Nador, its second in Morocco after that of Tangiers. This expansion in the North African kingdom falls in the frame of the Marhaba 2024 operation, meant to facilitate Moroccan expatriates’ journey for holidaying in their mother country. “Following extensive renovation […]