South Sudan announced this week it was sending 750 soldiers to join the East African Regional Force (EARF) trying to bring peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), despite its own struggles to restore peace back home. President Salva Kiir officially announced the deployment of the troops to join contingents from Kenya, Burundi […]
Egypt has given five new gold exploration contracts worth $13 million to three mining companies in the back of 11 others. The contracts, Arab Finance reports citing a cabinet statement, include a $9 million (EGP 141.49 million) agreement with Canada’s Lotus Gold to explore 11 blocks; a $3 million (EGP 47.16 million) deal with Mining […]
The Polisario has announced its unilateral withdrawal from the ceasefire agreement in a move that signals the state of disarray in its ranks. By declaring war, the Polisario has committed an act of military and political suicide as its separatist thesis has de facto faded. The UN on multiple resolutions called on the Polisario to […]
