From Chengdu to Casablanca: new rail-sea lines to speed up China-Africa trade

China is using new hybrid logistics links or multimodal rail-sea lines to bypass cargo chokepoints in an effort to speed up trade with Africa, where it is the largest trading partner. New rail-sea hybrid transport options stretching from western China as far as Europe, which are speeding up goods movement to Africa, imply the belt […]

Sahara: Peru’s MPs call for withdrawal of recognition of self-proclaimed “SADR”

A group of Peruvian MPs have called on their country’s government and left-wing President Pedro Castillo to withdraw recognition of the Polisario’s self-proclaimed “SADR” and to cut ties with a phantom entity not recognized by the United Nations. The call was made during a meeting of the Congress’s foreign relations Committee held lately in the […]

Catalan firms invest €45 Million in Morocco’s industrial sectors

Morocco and Catalonia strengthened their economic partnership Wednesday with the signing of four investment protocols worth 500 million dirhams (approximately €45 million), targeting strategic industrial sectors and promising over 700 direct jobs across Tangier, Tetouan, and Kenitra. The agreements, signed in Rabat between the Moroccan government and Catalan enterprises, cover high-value sectors including automotive, waste […]