Police in Nigeria have killed three gunmen while repelling an attack on an office of the Electoral Commission (INEC) in the south-eastern region of the populated African country which is heading to presidential elections early next year. The attackers tried to storm the main INEC office in Owerri, capital of Imo State, police said, on […]
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina submitted Wednesday September 6 his candidacy for November 09 presidential elections and will face 27 other candidates, including two former Presidents. The country’s top court, Haute Cour Constitutionnelle (HCC), as of Wednesday September 6, the deadline for submitting bids, received 28 candidacies. The court will vet the bids and release candidates […]
Morocco has launched a tender for 60,000 tons of rail to extend Africa’s fastest train to Marrakech. Morocco has inaugurated the high-speed train, known as TGV or Bourak in Arabic, in 2018 linking Casablanca to Tangier. The new railway would cost 612 million dirhams ($62 million), Moroccan state-owned rail operator ONCF said. Morocco’s extension of […]
