Mauritania expels Algerian diplomat over e-journal allegations, Algeria retaliates

A diplomatic row between Algiers and Nouakchott has erupted over an article published by Mauritanian e-journal Al-Bayan, alleging that Mauritania had complained to the U.N about Morocco flooding it with drugs. Mauritania, infuriated by the false news that could strain its ties with Morocco, immediately expelled the Chief adviser at the Algerian embassy Belkacem Cherouati […]

African Union: High-level Meeting of Committee of Fifteen Ministers of Finance Kicks off in Rabat

The high-level meeting of the Committee of Fifteen Ministers of Finance of the African Union (F15) opened Monday in Rabat on the theme “Beyond COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Enhancing the Resilience of African Economies and Financial Sustainability of the African Union”. The participants in this event, co-organized by the ministry of Economy and Finance […]

Somalia: President urges citizens to flush out ‘bedbugs’ at rally against al-Shabab

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged citizens to help flush out members of the al-Shabaab jihadist group he describes as “bedbugs,” as hundreds of people in the country’s capital Mogadishu attended a government-organized rally to protest against the group’s bloody insurgency. Sheikh Mohamud declared “all-out” war against Islamist fighters shortly after he came to office […]