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Burkina Faso’s junta says coup attempt thwarted, plotters arrested or on run

A coup attempt against Burkina Faso’s military government has been thwarted by the country’s security and intelligence services, authorities have announced, with a military prosecutor saying four of the plotters were arrested and two others are on the run. Burkina Faso’s junta leadership said Wednesday (27 September) it had foiled a coup attempt the previous […]

Germany hands over 20 looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria to deal with ‘dark colonial past’

A ceremony held in Nigeria on Tuesday (20 December), which saw twenty historic bronze sculptures returned to the country by Germany as part of efforts to address its “dark colonial past,” was the culmination of a years-long process that upended Germany’s approach to museum items looted during the colonial era. Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock […]

Phosphates: Morocco’s OCP group reports $ 1.7 billion earning in 1st Quarter 2023

Morocco’s state-owned phosphate company OCP has reported $1.78 billion in first quarter of 2023 against $2.6 billion earned in the same period last year. Yet, this year’s results show the resilience of the global leader in the fertilizer industry in challenging market conditions, says the company in a press release. Global fertilizer prices continued to […]