African Union

Senegal: Three-day-national morning after deadly road accident

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has decreed a three-day- national morning starting this Monday Jan.9 following the death of 40 people in a road accident after two buses collided in the town of Kafferine, capital of the Kaffrine Region. “As result today’s serious accident in Gniby, which caused 40 deaths, I have decided to decree a […]

Aya Gold & Silver Company raises $70 Mln for its projects in Morocco

Canadian company Aya Gold & Silver has raised $70 million for the development of its Moroccan Boumadine and Zgounder mining projects, near Ouarzazate. On Tuesday, Aya firm announced it has agreed to sell 8,485,000 common shares to Eight Capital and Desjardins Capital Markets, as joint bookrunners and co-lead underwriters, together with a syndicate of underwriters. […]

Morocco reportedly hit by Iranian malicious cyber attack

Iranian hacker group Lyceum has launched lately a cyber-attack against an internet service provider (ISP) in Morocco, according to the findings of Prevailion’s Adversarial Counterintelligence Team (PACT) and Accenture’s Cyber Threat (ACTI) group. The attack, which was launched between July and October 2021, also targeted ISPs and telecommunication operators in Israel, Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia […]