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Senegal’s new govt to audit oil, gas, mining industries, pledging to protect investor rights

Senegal will conduct a comprehensive audit of the oil, gas and mining sectors, according to the newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who, however, also thought to reassure jittery investors they were welcome in the country. The audit is one of the first policy moves announced by the 44-year-old former tax inspector who stated that […]

DRC military court passes death sentence to 25 soldiers for ‘fleeing enemy’

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sentenced 25 soldiers to death in a one-day trial on Wednesday (3 July) after finding them guilty of fleeing the enemy, violating orders, dissipation of war munitions and theft, among other charges. The Congolese army has been fighting the Rwanda-backed M23 insurgency in the […]

King Mohammed VI appoints Lieutenant General Belkhir El Farouk Inspector General of Morocco’s Armed Forces

King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), has appointed Lieutenant General Belkhir El Farouk as FAR inspector general, said the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery in a statement.   Lieutenant General El Farouk will replace Inspector General Abdelfattah Louarrak at the top of […]