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As Trump backs 1-year AGOA extension, Africa braces for trade shake-up

The Trump administration has backed a one-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) just as the two-decade-old trade agreement was set to expire on 30 September. While the move offers temporary relief, it has done little to dispel mounting fears over the future of U.S.-Africa trade. AGOA, first passed in 2000, provides […]

No viable order is possible without rules, compliance with international law, says King Mohammed VI

King Mohammed VI has made it clear that no viable order is possible without rules and compliance with international law and the principles of the United Nations Charter. In a message addressed to the 82nd session of the Institute of International Law, which opened proceedings Sunday at the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco in […]

Algeria’s Tebboune shortens his term without explaining

Few days after the Algerien presidency announced elections on September 7 instead of December, neither President Tebboune nor any Algerian official gave an explanation why the vote would take place before the end of the current mandate. Tebboune has not taken the effort of giving a public address to tell his people why he decided […]