AU-meeting

Ports of Tanger Med & Hamburg agree to share experiences for better services

The managers of the ports of Tanger-Med (Morocco) and Hamburg (Germany) have agreed to share experiences in ports & vessels operations, digitalization, traffic management, ports cyber security, IT data exchange and Innovation. A cooperation agreement was signed remotely lately by Jens Meier, CEO of Hamburg Port Authority and Mehdi Tazi Riffi, managing director of Tanger […]

CAR: UN-backed court issues arrest warrant for ex-president Bozizé over crimes against humanity

A United Nations-backed Special Criminal Court (CPS) in the Central African Republic (CAR) has issued an international arrest warrant for the country’s exiled former president François Bozizé over alleged crimes against humanity committed by CAR’s military between 2009 and 2013. According to the CPS, a hybrid jurisdiction located in the capital Bangui with Central African […]

Forced Labor Costs Mauritania its Trade Benefits with US

The US will end trade benefits for Mauritania on January 1 for falling short of abolishing forced labor practices, the US Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) said. Mauritania is not in compliance with requirements of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which provides duty-free treatment for certain goods, USTR said in a statement explaining the […]