JTEKT plant in Tangier

Pan-African motor industry hoped to produce and sell 3 mil. vehicles by 2035 — AAAM

Plans for a pan-African car industry, both for production and a growing consumer market, are gradually moving beyond the talking stage and into the realms of action, with more than half of the continent’s nations likely to take part in the African-wide automotive development. After the European car industry moved much of its production into […]

Egypt: Government Represses Protesters, Dozens Arrested

Egyptian security forces Monday fiercely broke out the protests that were planned to vent frustration against President al-Sisi’s recent decision to surrender two Red Sea strategic islands to Saudi Arabia. Hours before the start of the protest called for by leftists, seculars and Islamists, police forces took positions at strategic locations in the Egyptian capital […]

Sudan Accuses Neighbors of Undermining Darfur Arms Embargo

Sudanese officials have raised concerns with a United Nations panel of experts over the role of neighboring countries in violating a U.N. Security Council arms embargo on Darfur. Interior Minister Babaker Samra Mustafa and senior officials met the delegation in Port Sudan on Wednesday to discuss the implementation of Resolution 1591, which prohibits the supply […]