Washington in August froze $300 million military aid to Cairo after US intelligence intercepted a shipment of 30,000 grenades from North Korea to Egypt under an apparent secret deal violating international sanctions against the rogue state, reports suggest. The Trump administration unexpectedly put halt to the money citing the North African country’s poor human right […]
Madagascar’s outgoing president Andry Rajoelina has launched his re-election campaign ahead of the 9 November vote, as UN Human Rights Office expresses concern about the deteriorating human rights situation in the island nation after security forces used unnecessary and disproportionate force to disperse four peaceful protests in the past two weeks. Rajoelina launched his re-election […]
Tanger Med port widened the gap with its Mediterranean competitors breaking a new record with 8.6 million containers handled in 2023, up 13.4%. The number of vessels transiting through the port grew 17% to 16,900 last year, while the number of trucks that crossed through the port rose 4.15 to 44,7993. In terms of tons, […]
