Former Mauritanian president ould abdel Aziz

Morocco Protests Spain’s decision to host Polisario leader

Morocco’s foreign ministry issued a strong worded statement in which it expressed its disappointment at the Spanish decision to allow into its hospitals head of the Polisario militia Ibrahim Ghali who is wanted on war crime charges. Ghali entered Spain using an Algerian passport with a false name in order to shun arrest after several […]

Botswana propelled to world’s top diamonds producer

Botswana has ascended to the rank of the top diamond producer globally, unseating sanctions-hit Russia. Most of Botswana’s diamond found in the Orapa diamond deposit is operated by De Beers, a leading diamond company. Following the G7 sanctions on Russia, De Beers moved its auctions to Botswana to streamline its business operations and facilitate the […]

AfDB approves recommendations for Senegal’s 125 MW coal-fired project

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) last weekend approved the recommendations of the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) to bring a coal-fired power plant project in Senegal into compliance with Bank policies and procedures. The Sendou Coal Power Plant project in the West African nation was approved by the Boards of Director of the bank on […]