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Aeronautics: Spirit Aerosystems Expanding Casablanca Bombardier Plant

American company Spirit Aerosystems, which has purchased the bombardier plant in Casablanca, is expanding its Moroccan factory from 10,000 m² to 25,000 m² and increasing its workforce from 350 to 850 employees. The announcement was made Monday following a meeting held in Rabat between minister of industry & trade Moulay Hafid Elalamy, and senior leaders […]

Sudan: Official gold exports in six months match 2025 total

Sudan’s official gold exports in the first six months of 2026 have matched the total volume officially exported throughout 2025, Minister of Minerals Nour al-Dayem Taha said on Sunday. Taha attributed the increase to tighter government controls and measures aimed at directing more gold production through formal banking channels. His comments followed a meeting with […]

Somalia’s new law ‘nullifies’ ‘illegal’ Ethiopia-Somaliland port-access deal

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has signed a law that “nullifies” the contentious memorandum of understanding between Ethiopia and a breakaway Somaliland region in a largely symbolic move expressing his government’s displeasure over the deal to grant port access. As part of the deal that was announced on 1 January, the landlocked Ethiopia will gain […]