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Chinese Company Wins Contract to Build Africa’s Tallest Skyscraper in Rabat

State-owned giant China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has won the contract to build Africa’s tallest skyscraper in Morocco’s capital Rabat. The Chinese company said in a statement that it will build the 250-meter-tall edifice in cooperation with Morocco’s largest contractor, The General Construction Company of Casablanca (TGCC). CRCC said it will take responsibility for 60% […]

Sahel: armed groups, illicit arms trade fuels drug trafficking — UNODC report

Drug trafficking continues to thrive in the Sahel, home to 300 million people and a buyer’s market for guns, because of non-state armed groups which are very active there, according to a new 2023 report published Monday June 26 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The report explores the fight against […]

Mali: Assimi Goïta invested head of state

Two weeks to the day after his second coup in nine months in mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta was sworn in this Monday, June 7, at the International Conference Center in Bamako as head of state before the Supreme Court. At a time when the Sahel remains more than ever in the grip of jihadist violence, […]