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Cooperative Energetique ENERCOOP, Enterprise Zephyr & Boree and ARCADIE will launch in 2025 a maritime company that will connect the country to the French city of Marseille in view of boosting trade, Actu Orange reports. The three partners have launched Windcoop Cargo, a joint venture, expected to begin operation in 2025. The route will be […]
Indian state-run oil company, Oil India, will soon conduct exploration tests at Lassa oil field, in Gabon’s central region of Lambaréné, Gabon Actu reports. Manas Kumar Sharma, CEO of the company made the announcement as he met with Vincent De Paul Massassa, the Oil and Gas minister of the central African country. “We came to […]
The Burundian National Assembly on Wednesday approved the choice of Gervais Ndirakobuca as the new Prime minister of Burundi. The entire house, 113 lawmakers, validated the candidacy of the head of national police proposed by incumbent leader Evariste Ndayishimiye. Ndirakobuca replaces General Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni who five days ago was indirectly accused by the head of […]
UM6P Ventures, an investment arm of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, has announced investing in South African company De Novo Dairy, which produces animal-free dairy products that provide the same taste and nutrition as the traditional dairy products. De Novo Dairy specializes in the production of milk proteins using precision fermentation of yeast strains. This allows […]
The trade deficit in Tunisia widened by record 56% in the first semester of 2022, reaching 8.1% of GDP, while the budget deficit, exacerbated by mounting energy and food subsidies, is expected to reach 9.1% in 2022, compared to 7.4% in 2021, according to the World Bank’s latest report. Inflation in this country rose from […]
Within the framework of preparations for the upcoming Arab Summit, due in Algiers on November 1, the Algerian authorities have decided to send several envoys to Arab capitals, carrying invitations to all Arab Heads of State to attend the summit. In a press release, Moroccan foreign ministry said Algerian Justice Minister Abderrachid Tebbi has been […]
Algeria’s aged and ailing military regime is still bogged down in a cold-war mentality that made the country diplomatically and politically isolated more than ever. The recent maneuvers at the TICAD Japan-Africa summit once again shows the fading voice of Algeria on the continent. Algeria has squandered its oil and gas wealth to buy positions […]
The foundation stone of two funeral and body conservation units at “Makassed” hospital was laid, in Al-Quds, as part of a financing agreement between Bayt Mal Al-Quds Acharif Agency and the administration of the health establishment. This project, the first of its kind in a hospital in Al-Quds, was launched by the director in charge […]
The Republic of Chad announced that it would shortly open a Consulate General in the Moroccan Saharan city of Dakhla. Chad on Wednesday informed Moroccan authorities of its decision, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement. The Chadian authorities said this decision translates the brotherly relations existing between King Mohammed VI and President […]
Morocco’s position regarding the Tunisian president’s reception of the separatist militia’s leader “remains unchanged,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita. Who described the move as “serious and unacceptable”. The Foreign Minister has thus denied rumors that the diplomatic spat between Morocco and Tunisia over the separatist’s reception was settled. The Moroccan position remains “the […]