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Chad signs Qatar-mediated peace deal with opposition, main insurgents refused to join

More than 40 rebel and opposition factions signed a deal with Chad’s transitional authorities in Doha on Monday, August 8, agreeing to join broader national peace talks after years of turmoil — though the most powerful insurgent group refused to take part. Under the agreement, Mahamat Idriss Deby’s Transitional Military Council and hundreds of opposition […]

Morocco calls from Algiers for respect of states’ sovereignty, territorial integrity

Morocco has called, from Algiers, for the respect of states’ sovereignty and territorial integrity and for a joint Arab action, based on this principle. The call was launched by the Moroccan delegation taking part in the 38th Congress of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU), held May 2-4 in the Algerian capital on the theme “The […]

Togo-Benin: Modernization of Nangbeto hydropower plant to cost $25 million

Renovation works on the hydropower plant of Nangbeto at the border of Togo and Benin will cost about $25 million, officials in charge of the management of the plant disclosed. The Beninese-Togolese joint venture, Communauté Electrique du Bénin (CEB), has appointed Voith to carry out the extensive rehabilitation and modernization works of the hydropower plant. […]