German Chancellor Angela Merkel openly announced Wednesday that she is still opposed to Turkey’s EU membership despite the EU calling on Ankara for help to ease the refugee crisis putting the European bloc into difficult situation. Merkel has so far been cautious about opposing overtly Ankara but she spat her disdain about the Turkish regime […]
On the backdrop of abundant rainfall, auguring a good agricultural season, Morocco’s economic growth stood at 3.8% in the first quarter of 2017, compared to 1.6% the same period last year. Statistics released by the state’s High Planning Commission (HCP) show that the agricultural sector improved to 14.2% by the end of March 2017, compared […]
The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Kenya to fill an African seat on the Security Council in 2021-2022. Kenya will replace South Africa in January. The seat was viewed by another candidate, Djibouti, which lost in a second round of vote. In a departure from previous years when African countries used to choose a […]
