Tanger Med climbs in Alphaliner global container port ranking

Tanger Med jumped to the 17th position among the World’s largest container ports, Alphaliner said in its recent ranking. The Moroccan port won two places after it handled 10.24 million TEU containers in 2024, compared to 8.61 million the previous year. Tanger Med Port, at the gate of the Gibraltar Strait, outperformed all Mediterranean and […]

Clock ticks Polisario’s ejection from African Union

The expulsion of the Polisario militias from the African Union is a matter of time and not a principle as an increasing number of African countries realize the risks of admitting a separatist group into a continental organization of sovereign states. The Polisario has to be kicked out of the African Union for this organization […]

Mauritania: National Insurance Conference to Drive Sector Reform

Mauritania hosted, Dec.8-9, its National Insurance Conference in Nouakchott, aimed at modernizing a sector that currently contributes only 0.33% of GDP, far below the African average of 2%. The conference, organized by the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM) following the adoption of new legislation in September 2025, brought together hundreds of insurance professionals, experts, investors, […]