Niger’s Issoufou Mahamadou & Malian Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

Morocco, a strategic partner for Spain in fight against terrorism, Spanish Interior Minister says

Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska on Tuesday commended Morocco as a “strategic partner” in the fight against terrorism, and hailed its cooperation with Spain in this field. “Morocco is an absolutely strategic partner in the fight against terrorist cells,” stressed the Spanish minister, in statements to the press, following the dismantling earlier in the day […]

Nigeria greenlights Seplat Energy’s buy of ExxonMobil’s Nigerian unit

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who doubles as oil minister, has granted consent to the acquisition of ExxonMobil’s Nigerian unit by Seplat Energy, in a $1.28 billion deal announced in February. According to the statement published Monday, Buhari granted the consent in his capacity as minister of petroleum resources and, in consonance with the country’s drive […]

Supporter of Gender Equality in Inheritance Resigns from Morocco’s Religious Scholars League

Muslim feminist figure, Asma Lamrabet, presented her resignation from Morocco’s league of religious scholars (Rabita Mohammedia) because of her vanguardist stands in support of gender equality in inheritance, an advocacy that drew to her the criticism of ultra-conservatives in the North African country. “I have officially presented my resignation from the center that I headed […]