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Mohammed VI A & B Satellites Give Morocco Edge in Agriculture, Water Management, Urbanism

Morocco launched on Wednesday its second earth observation satellite (Mohammed VI-B), a technological breakthrough, which will enable the North African Kingdom to boost its agricultural sector, improve its water management, forestry and town planning. Like the first Mohammed VI-A satellite, put into orbit on November 8, 2017, the second spacecraft, baptized the MOHAMMED VI-B satellite […]

Kenyan MPs demand more details on secret $5bn railway loan deal with China

Some Kenyan lawmakers are demanding to see more documents from a secret $5bn loan agreement with a Chinese bank that financed a cross-country railway, with critics of the deal blaming the government of the day for having given too much legal authority to China. The 2011 agreement was shielded from public view until Kenya’s transport […]

Libya: Government turns to Gadhafi’s security strategy

The acting Army Chief of Staff, Salem Gnaidi, has spoken out against the government and Prime Minister Ali Zeidan’s efforts to subdue the reestablishment of the National Army. He made these revelations during an interview on the Libyan Awalan Television Station, as he made references to the revival of Gadhafi’s security strategy and the embezzlement […]