Egypt has signed a military cooperation with Africa’s youngest state, South Sudan. The deal comes at a moment when both countries are experiencing violence from groups challenging the government’s authority. The conclusion of the deal could raise eyebrows in Khartoum which also agreed a bilateral military cooperation in Cairo. Sudan and South Sudan still have […]
Security forces at Casablanca Mohammed V airport have arrested two Brazilian women suspected for drug trafficking, one week after the same forces apprehended three Tunisians. The Brazilians, aged 28 and 42, were nabbed Sunday upon their arrival from Brazil, reports say. Suspected of drug trafficking, police search revealed the presence of 2.8 kg of cocaine […]
The size of Kenya’s economy will overtake that of Angola, Africa’s leading oil producer, this year even as Ethiopia stretches its lead, according to the projection presented in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest World Economic Outlook. The IMF projects Angola’s gross domestic product (GDP) to shrink during the period, hence catapulting Kenya, whose economy […]
