Moroccan diaspora demo in Paris

Would Somalia be a battleground of Egyptian-Ethiopian proxy war?

The inflow of Egyptian arms to Somalia in a context of increasing tension with its Ethiopian neighbor risks triggering a proxy war in the horn of Africa opposing Cairo to Addis Ababa. Reports mentioned a second shipment of Egyptian arms to Somalia this week, despite threats by Ethiopia that such move represents an act of […]

South Africa vows to use BRICS chair role to advance African interests

South Africa will use its chairmanship of the BRICS group of leading emerging economies — comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — to focus on advancing African interests, the country’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. South Africa has just taken over the chairmanship of the BRICS — a bloc widely seen as an […]

Shell to pay 15m euros in compensation to Nigerian farmers over oil spills

Shell will pay 15 million euros in compensation to Nigerian farmers for oil spills that severely polluted three villages in the Niger Delta, the oil giant has said in a statement. A court in The Netherlands ruled in 2021 that Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary was liable for damages resulting from the spills and ordered the oil […]