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Morocco targets economic diversification to secure long-term growth

Morocco has taken a series of reforms to diversify the triggers of growth for its economy away from dependence on agriculture, phosphates and tourism through developing competitive industries and diversifying its trading partners. Agriculture weights about 15% of the Moroccan economy making the amount of rainfall key to influence economic performance. Last year, cereals output […]

US troops exit Niger’s Air Base 101 as Russia-backed Africa Corps look to expand footprint

The United States has completed the withdrawal of its military personnel from Niger’s Air Base 101 near the West African nation’s capital, Niamey, which comes ahead of its planned exit from another major drone base near the desert city of Agadez. A joint statement by Niger’s Defense Ministry and the US Department of Defense confirmed […]

Polisario Leader Humiliated at Addis Ababa Airport

A plane of the Algerian airline carrying head of the Polisario separatist group, Barhim Ghali, was left waiting for long in Addis Ababa airport where no one came to welcome the President of the self-declared republic. No African Union or Ethiopian official came to receive the separatist leader who arrived in Addis Ababa to attend […]