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Travel is easing throughout Africa, with visa restrictions at their lowest level since 2016, as about 93% of countries across the continent have maintained or risen in the Africa Visa Openness Index (AVOI) this year, according to the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) annual AVOI Index. The AVOI, produced in collaboration with the African Union Commission, […]
Convicted Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda, dubbed the “Terminator,” has been transferred from the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) to Belgium to start a 30-year sentence for war crimes. The 49-year-old Ntaganda was convicted by the ICC in 2019 of leading a reign of terror in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the early […]
With record-breaking drought in the Horn of Africa affecting half the population of Somalia, the United Nations has warned if more aid does not arrive soon, the Horn of Africa will suffer its worst famine in half a century. Famine has been narrowly averted in Somalia, but the situation remains “catastrophic,” the United Nations has […]
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo cannot call on African leaders to stop begging from the West while he is doing the same, said former Nigerian senator, Shehu Sani, in response to Akufo-Addo’s recent advice to African leaders against “begging” from the West. “If we stop being beggars and spend African money inside the continent, Africa will […]
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has once again established Algeria’s responsibility in the violations suffered by one of the victims of the 1990s repression, Tewfik Djaou, who has been missing since his abduction in Constantine by agents of the Department of Intelligence and Security (DRS). In its decision, the Committee stated that the provisions […]
Morocco and the United States have both voiced determination to continue to advance their partnership in light of the new global challenges. This came at a meeting that gathered in Washington Thursday the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, on the sidelines of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, where Akhannouch is […]
U.S. defense company L3Harris has announced a $29 million contract to provide smart weapon release systems to Morocco, Bahrain and Jordan, three allies of the United States. The L3Harris system gives F-16 pilots more firepower and expands their missions. The Bomb Release Unit (BRU)-57/A allows F-16s to carry two smart weapons on each system instead […]
Head of Moroccan Govt. Aziz Akhannouch has voiced his country’s steadfast commitment to contribute to strengthening further the partnership set between the U.S. and Africa for shared prosperity, development and inclusive economic growth. Speaking at a Forum held Wednesday in Washington within the frame of the US-Africa Leaders Summit (Dec. 13-15), Akhannouch said that King […]
US President Joe Biden, along several African leaders attending the US-Africa Leaders Summit held in Washington, have joined the head of the Moroccan government to watch the semifinal of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, opposing Morocco to France. The world leaders had taken some time off their deliberations for the US-Africa leaders’ summit to watch […]
King Mohammed VI has expressed to President Emmanuel Macron his congratulations for the qualification of the French team to the final of the prestigious World Cup competition. This came in a phone talk the Sovereign had with the French President at the end of the semi-final match of the 2022 World Cup, which brought together […]