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Morocco-Saudi Arabia maritime line to start operations in coming weeks

A maritime line connecting Morocco and Saudi Arabia will be launched in the coming weeks to give a new impetus to economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, announced Khalid Benjelloun, chairman of the Moroccan-Saudi Business Council. The Federation of Saudi Chambers has signed an agreement with a shipping company to establish a direct […]

Ethiopia to commission the Genale Dawa III hydroelectric dam

Ethiopian Deputy Minister of Water and Irrigation, Frehiwot Woldehanna has announced that the Genale Dawa III hydroelectric dam would be commissioned in the second half of 2019. According to China Gezhouaba Group Company (CGGC, the contractor in charge of the project, the dam will start supplying electricity to the national grid by the second half […]

Somalia: deadly ISIS attack on Puntland military base kills dozens

A deadly assault by the Islamic State (ISIS) targeted a Puntland military base in Somalia’s Bari region, resulting in at least 100 fatalities among both the militants and soldiers. The attack, which reportedly took place in the Togga Jacel area of the Cal Miskaad mountains in Puntland’s Bari region, saw ISIS militants using suicide car […]