Nigeria beats Algeria in bid to host $5 billion Africa Energy Bank

Oil and gas rich Nigeria has defeated Algeria and other competitors, after it was chosen as the host of the newly created Africa Energy Bank, worth $5 billion. In hosting the new lender, Nigeria will become “at the forefront of Africa’s energy future,” said Nigerian oil minister Heineken Lokpobiri. The new bank aims to address […]

Egyptian military to beef up protection of western borders with Libya

The Egyptian army has been instructed to beef up its presence in the west, near the border with Libya for fear that terrorist elements might attempt infiltrate into the country after forces aligned with UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) took control of key airbase from ally General Khalifa Haftar. Bassem Rady, spokesperson for the […]

King Mohammed VI reiterates Morocco’s attachment to the political process led by the UN to settle Sahara artificial dispute

King Mohammed VI reaffirmed, this Saturday, Morocco’s attachment to the political process led by the UN on the issue of the artificial regional dispute around the Moroccan Sahara, insisting that today as in the past, the Moroccanness of the Sahara “was never- and never will be – on the negotiating table.” In a speech he […]