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Railways: Morocco’s ONCF Receives First Batch of Prima Electric Locomotives

Morocco’s national railway operator ONCF has received lately the first of 30 Prima M4 locomotives being manufactured by the French Alstom company under a €130 million deal concluded in 2018 between the two sides. The Prima M4 locomotives have a nominal power of 5.5 MW. The maximum running speed is 160km/h. Being electric, the M4 […]

Algeria infringes Mali’s northern borders

Malian political parties and media spoke out about the violation of their borders by the Algerian army, which is said to have made an incursion of hundreds of kilometers in the north of the country. Mali, which is in the midst of a transition process, has been plagued by the proliferation of terrorist groups mostly […]

Kenya, Uganda enact new legislation to tighten their control of mining sector

Kenyan lawmakers are considering changes to the Mining Act of 2016, thus following in the footsteps of Uganda that passed its Mining and Minerals Act in October 2022, aiming to reform its nascent mining industry to improve the state’s control and oversight of the critical industry. The Mining (Amendment) Bill that was tabled in the […]