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Egypt-Libya: Sisi welcomes abducted Ethiopians at Cairo airport

Egyptian President al-Sisi welcomed at the Cairo International Airport on Thursday 27 Ethiopians who had been abducted in Libya and who were freed thanks to Egypt’s intervention. Egypt helped rescue the Ethiopians at the request of Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom. The execution of around 30 Ethiopian Christians by ISIS in Libya last April triggered […]

Morocco, USA reiterate shared commitment to 2020-2030 defense cooperation roadmap

Morocco and the United States have reiterated their resolve to deepen their strategic partnership, as set out in the 2020-2030 defense cooperation roadmap inked on October 2, 2020, in Rabat. This came during the separate meetings US Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for African Affairs, Bryan J. Ellis, who is visiting Rabat at the head […]

AfDB calls for more investment in agriculture to tackle Africa’s ‘great paradox of development’

Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the launch of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Alliance (SAPZ) to mobilize at least $2 billion in financing and investment commitments from its members to develop the continent’s food and agribusiness industry over the next five years. The project has been hailed as a significant step towards making Africa […]