Coronavirus

Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana urge Sahel States’ Alliance to rejoin ECOWAS

The presidents of Côte d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, and of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, jointly appealed Wednesday for Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to return to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), following their collective withdrawal in January. The three Sahelian nations formally severed ties with the regional bloc after mounting tensions. “I propose […]

Morocco starts making its own thermal cameras

Morocco maintains its industrial effort to meet its needs of anti-covid equipment with the recent breakthrough of an SME that managed to make a prototype of thermal cameras that can be produced en masse. After ventilators, masks, infrared thermometers, protective gear, testing kits, intensive care beds, Moroccan engineers from the Nextronics start up made a […]

Egypt: Minister of Supply Steps Down amid Wheat Corruption Scandal

Egypt’s Minister of Supply in charge of the governmental food subsidy program has resigned amid growing public outrage over a wheat corruption scandal, triggered by false wheat procurement figures. Khaled Hanafi could not withstand public discontent over state funds embezzlement cases reported in his department. “Experience has proven that being in a position of authority […]