Mauritania’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is on trial on corruption charges, accused of amassing a $72m fortune while in office, whereby the prosecution of a former leader is unprecedented in the country and extremely rare in Africa. Abdel Aziz, a 66-year-old former general, is accused of amassing an illicit personal fortune during his […]
The inaugural Africa Climate Summit (ACS) that officially opened in Nairobi on Monday (4 September) has been hailed as an “unparalleled opportunity” to benefit from action to tackle global warming. The ACS comes ahead of a flurry of diplomatic meetings leading to the November COP28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates, which will likely […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, one of US major ally in North Africa, condemned Wednesday the terrorist Isis attack that rocked the Tunisian capital, claiming the lives of 13 innocent people. Following the despicable terrorist attack that targeted Tuesday a bus of the presidential guard in Tunis, the Moroccan monarch rang President Beji Caid Essebsi […]
