The military leaders of Burkina Faso and Niger have announced their countries would follow Mali in quitting the G5 international anti-jihadist force in Africa’s Sahel region, the latest blow to the fight against insurgents in one of the world’s most troubled, conflict-torn areas. Leaders of the five countries involved in G5 Sahel agreed to deploy […]
France’s economic diplomacy in Africa, historically a cornerstone of Paris’s international influence, confronts profound crisis as market share erodes and competitors gain ground. Fifteen years ago, France still considered itself a major banking and commercial power across the continent, with key sectors from finance to infrastructure making Paris an indispensable partner for Francophone and Anglophone […]
An 89-year-old woman died Tuesday in Casablanca from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the ministry of Health has announced. The patient was suffering from chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. The intervention of doctors specialized in epidemiologic diseases, virology and resuscitation could no save the woman, who was diagnosed positive last week. The woman who came […]
