International and regional efforts to combat armed groups linked to al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and other extremist groups have failed to stop their expansion in Africa’s Sahel region, a senior United Nations official has warned. The joint force set up in 2014 to combat groups linked to al-Qaida, ISIL (ISIS) and others in the Sahel, […]
Morocco is set to start extracting uranium from its huge phosphate deposits, enabling the country to position itself as a key player in the global Uranium industry, according to press reports. Uranium is primarily used as fuel in nuclear reactors, where its atoms are split to produce vast amounts of energy. Extracted from phosphoric acid, […]
The National Directorate of Insurance of Gabon (DNA) has retrieved operation permits from several insurance companies over unprofessional attitudes, Gabon Review reports. 11 entities in total including Solanus Casey Assurances, ACIP, Wellington Insurance Brokers Ltd Gabon, Bethel S.C.A, Contacts Assurances, Capital Assurances, Solidarity Assurances, are facing the ban. The decision, media notes, came late April […]
