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BMW to abandon DR Congo Cobalt for Morocco in fight against child labor

The German carmaker BMW announced Tuesday it will from next year stop sourcing cobalt mineral from DR Congo and will shift to Morocco and Australia where working conditions are acceptable and not linked to child labor. The German company is planning to start producing electrical cars next year. BMW and other world carmakers are under […]

Arab League S.G to Step Down in July, Successor already Picked up

The Arab League will be choosing a new Secretary General in July after Nabil al-Arabi revealed that he had told the Egyptian Government not to renew his mandate. The Arab League is headquartered in Cairo and is traditionally headed by an Egyptian diplomat except for the eleven years that followed the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty when […]

Denmark says it plans to close embassies in Mali and Burkina Faso

Denmark has become the latest western country to close its embassies in Mali and Burkina Faso. The decision was announced by the Danish foreign ministry as part of a new African strategy that includes opening new embassies in Rwanda, Tunisia, and Senegal. Mali and Burkina Faso are ruled by military juntas together with their ally […]