Niger’s military-led government has nationalized the country’s only industrial gold mine, Société des Mines du Liptako (SML), accusing its Australian operator, McKinel Resources, of “serious breaches,” including failure to fulfill a $10 million investment pledge. The junta, in power since a 2023 coup, framed the move as a strategic step toward national resource control. “In […]
British tourists started this week returning to Tunisia after the 2015 terrorist attack in Sousse, which claimed 38 lives, including 30 Britons, and left 39 wounded. The return of British holidaymakers to this North African country is arranged by Thomas Cook, one of Europe’s biggest tour operators, which resumed tourist flights from Birmingham, Manchester and […]
The United States assured the UN on Tuesday that the new Administration of Joe Biden will support a negotiated two-state solution in the Middle East, which implies a viable state for Palestine, and announced that it was renewing US relations with the Palestinian leadership, and restoring “credible engagement” with the Palestinians. The remarks were made […]
