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Gabon: Ali Bongo dismisses Vice-President, forestry minister

President Ali Bongo Ondimba Tuesday dismissed his Vice-President and the minister of forestry, a statement of the presidential office said without elaborating on the rationales. Maganga Moussavou has been Vice President of the Central African country since 2017 after the restauration of the position. Moussavou, from the opposition lost to Ali Bongo during the 2016 […]

Protests for jobs in Algeria’s marginalized south turn violent ahead of Hirak anniversary

Algeria’s oil and gas rich south is a tinderbox waiting to explode! The youth in Ouargla and many other cities took to the street, torched tires and blocked roads in violent protests after their calls for jobs and better living conditions fell on deaf regime ears. Unrest is not new to Ouargla where the population […]

Moroccan Sahara poised to attract more French investments

The support by French President Emmanuel Macron of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara, opens promising prospects for French investments in the territory. Speaking to a Moroccan French business summit, during his state visit to the Kingdom oct. 28-30, President Macron urged more French investments across Morocco, including the Sahara, which he said, “is part of […]