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DRC: Kenyan troops join regional military intervention against rebels

Kenyan President William Ruto announced Wednesday the deployment of Kenyan troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional military intervention to support the Congolese regime against rebels operating in the east of the country. “As neighbors, the fate of the DRC is linked to ours,” President Ruto said in Nairobi. […]

Morocco’s OCP plans Potash production

Morocco’s phosphates producer has partnered with Moroccan mines and hydrocarbons agency ONHYM in a potash project in Khemisset, 80 km east of Rabat. OCP won two licenses covering 176 square kilometers in the area and the project is already at an advanced stage, Moroccan media reported. Resources are estimated at nearly 350 million tons in […]

Egypt to inaugurate new Suez Canal Aug. 6

The second route to the Suez Canal, a gigantic project announced shortly after the coming to power of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, will be inaugurated in Egypt on August 6, President el-Sisi said in a televised address. “The dry digging in the new canal has been 100% completed,” Sisi said, adding that 65% of dredge […]