Tensions in South Sudan have further escalated following the arrest of first vice president Riek Machar, raising fears of a return to civil war. A convoy of heavily armed vehicles reportedly entered Machar’s residence in Juba on Wednesday (26 March), where he was detained without clear charges, violating constitutional procedures. The arrest, which comes after […]
Works are underway to deliver the Dakhla Port, in Morocco’s Sahara territory, by 2028, Moroccan media le360 reported. The $1 bln port will span over an area of 1650 hectares and would serve as a maritime transport hub for southern Morocco and West Africa. This major infrastructure would also serve as a fishing and import-export […]
Time and money are running out for Algeria as it eats into its foreign reserves trying to avert the inevitable: bankruptcy. The country’s Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad has ordered an urgent spending cut to try to offset falling income from oil and gas. An unexpected rise in spending in 2020 due to the […]
