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Morocco vibrates to constellation of summer festivals

The summer season kicked off in Morocco with a panoply of summer music festivals that offer different tastes of an authentic north African Kingdom open to the rest of the World. In the capital of lights, Rabat, at least 2.5 million music lovers attended the concerts in 6 stages during nine days of the festival […]

US ramps up efforts to access Africa’s critical minerals to counter China’s dominance

Africa will play a “huge role” in America’s critical mineral strategy, says US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo who used his five-day trip to South Africa to express his country’s ambitions of securing metals needed for the global energy transition. Africa’s natural richness, which includes many so-called critical minerals, such as chromium, cobalt, copper, gold, […]

Over 37,000 Migrants Abandoned by Algeria in Desert Border with Niger

Algeria has been slammed for summary expulsions of more than 37,000 migrants in the desert border with Niger between 2014 and 2018. Algeria’s interior ministry confirmed the figure but claimed that the abandoned migrants were displaced to the border by virtue of an agreement with Niger’s authorities. Human rights groups however hold Algeria responsible for […]