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Nigeria secures financial requirements for Niger rail link

Nigeria said it had secured 1.3 billion dollars needed to build a rail connection with neighboring Niger, a landlocked country. The news was announced by Nigeria’s transport minister Ahmed Alkali who said the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) would provide 85 percent of the money while the Nigerian government would provide 15 percent. The […]

Mass blazes hit northern Morocco amid heatwave

Morocco is tackling a wave of blazes in its northern forests amid a national heatwave that further complicates the job of firefighters. In Larach region in particular wildfires neared inhabited areas and the highway had to be cut as firefighters struggled to extinguish the fire. Morocco has also mobilized its armed forces to contain the […]

Somalia disrupts terror financing networks in major security offensive

Somalia has intensified its campaign against terrorism financing, taking decisive action to dismantle the financial infrastructure sustaining extremist group Al-Shabaab. The National Committee for Combating Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT), led by Finance Minister Bihi Iman Egeh, reported the deactivation of 575 mobile lines and the freezing of 21 bank accounts […]