Niger: Three police officers killed in an attack in Maradi

Three Nigerien police officers lost their lives in an attack last Sunday by unidentified men, in Maradi region, South-West of the West African country, amid rising insecurity. “During the night of October 30 to 31, the border post of Dabira, in the commune of Madarounfa was attacked by armed bandits”, the country’s state-run news agency […]

Morocco says its strawberries safe, denies slur reports

Morocco’s agriculture ministry strongly denied reports on foreign media and social media claiming the Kingdom’s exported strawberries are infected with hepatitis A. The ministry’s strong rejection of such allegations followed a similar denial by Morocco’s food safety agency which conducted tests on the strawberries unveiling the fallacy of the rumors spread on social media. The […]

Saudi Arabia shelves plan to take over United Bank of Egypt over disagreement with Cairo

Saudi Arabia has put a plan by its sovereign wealth fund to acquire the United Bank of Egypt on hold because of a disagreement with the Egyptian authorities over its valuation, Reuters reports citing two sources familiar with the matter. The pause is unprecedented in the spree of investments done by the Gulf country in […]