Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s campaign director, Sunday evening presented to the Constitutional Council the incumbent president’s candidacy for a fifth term, only few hours before the deadline for submitting candidacies. According to the official news agency APS, Abdelghani Zaâlane, Bouteflika’s new campaign director, submitted Bouteflika’s candidacy to the Constitutional Council. Abdelghani Zaâlane, Minister of transport, was unexpectedly […]
The Permanent Representatives of several African countries to the African Union welcomed the initiative of King Mohammed VI to grant medical aid to support sisterly African nations in their efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. African diplomats expressed their heartfelt thanks to the Monarch and lauded the Kingdom’s active solidarity with the African continent. “Our […]
Equatorial Guinea has filed an urgent appeal at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), demanding France halt the sale of a luxury mansion in Paris seized from Vice President Teodorin Obiang, son of the African nation’s long‑serving president. The property was confiscated following Teodorin’s conviction for embezzlement in a French court. Representing Equatorial Guinea, Minister […]
