U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has called on U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to expedite the appointment of a new U.N. envoy for the Sahara in replacement of Horst Köhler, who stepped down on May 19, 2019 for “health reasons”. The call was made during the virtual meeting held Monday by the U.S. […]
The Moroccan army and the police scored higher compared to politicians in the annual trust index released by the independent Rabat-based MIPA think tank (Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis), in collaboration with German foundation Heinrich Boll Stiftung. Out of a sample of 1500 people, 95% said they trusted the army and 92% the police while […]
Ghana, Africa’s biggest gold producer, has launched its first-ever refinery after centuries of mining of the valuable commodity, in a bid to reap more value from its abundant natural resources. The Royal Ghana Gold Refinery is set to refine 400 kilograms of gold a day, sourcing the raw material primarily from artisanal and small-scale mines, […]
