The revival of the Lobito Corridor, a 1,300 km railway linking Zambia’s copper belt to Angola’s Atlantic coast, captures a profound change in Europe’s approach to Africa from development aid to transnationalism. Once a colonial-era route for mineral extraction, the line is now the centerpiece of the EU’s 2 billion euro investment under its Global […]
Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has just dismissed Prime Minister Nadir Larbaoui and appointed Sifi Ghrieb in his place, marking the fourth time he has replaced his cabinet chief since taking office in 2019. This revolving-door approach to leadership, with a new prime minister roughly every two years, reflects a deeper pattern: a blame-shifting strategy that […]
Morocco’s agricultural sector is heading into one of its strongest seasons in years, with the government projecting a cereal harvest of nearly 90 million quintals and a 15 percent rise in the agricultural GDP for 2026. Agriculture Minister Ahmed El Bouari outlined these figures at the opening of the SIAM 2026 conference in Meknès on […]
