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Senegal’s president secures large parliament majority

Senegalese political party PASTEF won Sunday’s legislative elections, giving the president a much-needed large majority to push on through with radical economic reforms. The contenders from different opposition coalitions have all accepted defeat following a peaceful Sunday vote. Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who achieved victory in March’s presidential election, dissolved parliament in September after opposition resistance […]

U.S. Tech Group Oracle to open two cloud regions in Morocco

A partnership agreement providing for the opening of two Oracle Cloud regions in Morocco was inked, Wednesday in Marrakech, between the U.S. technology group Oracle and the Moroccan ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform, the ministry of Investment, Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies, and the Moroccan Agency for Investment and Export Development (AMDIE). […]

DR Congo: IS group claims bomb attack at church

A bomb killed at least 10 people and wounded about four dozen others Sunday (15 January) in a bomb attack on a church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claimed by Islamic State jihadists. The “terrorist act” happened in a Pentecostal church in North Kivu province’s Kasindi, a town on the border with Uganda, […]