The M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, have seized control of Bukavu, the second-largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), raising fears of a regional escalation. Their rapid advance through the South Kivu region, after an earlier lightning-speed offensive on Goma in neighboring North Kivu, marks a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict. […]
Four executives from the Barrick Gold Corporation have been detained in Mali, the Canadian mining company has confirmed, adding that all these employees of its Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex had been charged and detained pending trial. The arrests come as the Sahel country’s military regime intensifies efforts to impose additional taxes on foreign mining companies by […]
King Felipe VI of Spain has described his country’s ties with Morocco as “special” and called to further strengthen these ties within a framework of friendship and neighborliness. “We will continue to advance our bilateral agenda with Morocco, a country with which we must pursue our collaboration in the spirit of friendship and cooperation governing […]
