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Mineral alliances: why Africa could be key to securing America’s critical supply chains

With the United States facing growing vulnerabilities in its critical minerals supply chain, a new Brookings Institution study urges Washington to forge stronger partnerships with Africa — home to an estimated 30% of the world’s proven reserves. Critical minerals, essential for sectors from defense to clean energy, are heavily concentrated in a few global regions. […]

Senegal inks peace deal with rebel group, ending four decades of conflict

Senegal has officially ended one of Africa’s oldest conflicts with the signing of a peace agreement between the government and the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC). The agreement, brokered by Guinea-Bissau’s president Umaro Sissoco Embalo, brings a historic conclusion to the 40-year-long low-key struggle for independence by Casamance rebels in the southern […]

Moroccan activists call for de-criminalizing extramarital relationships

Moroccan activists launched on social media a campaign to de-penalize extra-marital consensual sex after a woman in Tetuan was handed a one-month jail term. The woman was a victim of revenge porn after her video went viral on Moroccan social media triggering her arrest and indictment by virtue of Article 490 of the penal code […]