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Niamey abandons Algeria-Niger pipeline

Niger has lost interest in the stalling trans-Saharan gas pipeline that was planned to link Nigeria to Algeria. Media reports said Niger stopped studies for the project that took decades with no progress so far. The decision takes place amid deteriorating political ties with Algeria, who is accused by Niger and its other Sahel allies, […]

Oracle opens new R&D lab in Morocco, its first in Africa

The American giant of database management systems, Oracle Corporation, has announced the opening of a new branch of Oracle Labs, the company’s advanced research arm, in Casablanca, its very first Research and Development (R&D) laboratory in Africa. Oracle’s new lab will accommodate up to 100 researchers. Oracle’s cloud, artificial intelligence, and machine learning technologies will […]

Morocco Becomes Member of NATO Interoperability Platform

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has included the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces into its Interoperability Platform and enhanced military cooperation and special forces training with Egypt, Tunisia and Mauritania. Addressing the just-concluded NATO-Morocco Public Diplomacy Seminar held in Rabat, NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow said the new program aims at strengthening the defense […]