Japan has secured deals with five African countries in a move aimed at mitigating Tokyo’s reliance on China for critical minerals, which comes as strategic competition between Western allies and China for access to key raw materials used in high-tech industry heats up. Japan’s Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, accompanied by Ichiro Takahara, […]
Luxembourg announced on Wednesday the opening of a Trade and Investment Office (LTIO) in Casablanca, the ninth in the world and the first in Africa. The opening of the office comes as part of the strengthening of economic and trade relations between Morocco and Luxembourg. A statement from LTIO Casablanca announced that the […]
U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon confirmed on Wednesday that veteran German diplomat, Marti Kobler, who has more than 30 years of experience in senior positions in the German government and the UN, will replace Bernadino Leon as his Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Kobler is to replace Leon […]
