Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group has taken another step forward in its hopes of developing an iron ore mine in Gabon after it signed a majority-owned joint venture agreement with the country’s government. The world’s fourth largest iron ore miner announced Friday (19 August) it had struck an agreement with the government of the West African […]
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI launched a series of major rail infrastructure projects in Casablanca, part of a broader national mobility plan valued at 96 billion dirhams ($9.3 billion). The new initiatives, worth 20 billion dirhams, aim to improve urban and regional connectivity across the Casablanca metropolitan area and support Morocco’s long-term sustainable development goals. The […]
Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Islamist party Ennahdha, walked free Tuesday from a court to his residence after several hours of interrogation in connection with an investigation into terrorism financing and money laundry counts leveled against Namaa Touns, an organization he is believed involved in. Ghannouchi was questioned by the country’s counter-terrorism prosecutor in the […]
