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Tunisia’s President Kais Saied is expected in December to attend the U.S. and Africa summit organized by the American President Joe Biden, the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. mission in Tunis has revealed. Natasha Franceschi told Tunisia’s top diplomat Othmane Jerandi Monday that President Biden will extend an invitation to the Tunisian leader. The summit […]
Group One Holding, a Singapore-based company backed by Qatar’s wealth fund, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), is considering a US initial public offering (IPO), reports say. The company is reportedly changing its legal domicile to the Cayman Islands from Singapore as a step towards the listing. Group One Holdings is Asia’s largest global sports media platform […]
Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU), one of the two administrations vying for power in the country has rejected the UN proposal to appoint Senegalese diplomat Abdoulaye Bitali as the new Special Envoy to the struggling oil-rich African country. The rejection surfaced as the UN Security Council was to convene Monday to vote on the […]
The United Nations-chartered ship Brave Commander will shortly set sail from Ukraine bound for Africa after it finishes loading more than 23,000 metric tonnes of wheat in the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi, a UN official said. The ship, which arrived in the port near Odessa, will sail to Ethiopia via a grain corridor through the […]
South Africa’s coal sales to Europe rose eight-fold during the first six months of 2022 compared with last year as demand for the fossil fuel surged ahead of a ban on Russian coal, according to Thungela Resources, a South Africa-based thermal coal exporter. The European Union banned Russian coal imports in response to the invasion […]
Al-Qaida’s affiliate in Mali claimed Monday (15 August) it had killed four mercenaries from Russia’s private military firm, Wagner Group, as France announced its forces have completed their withdrawal from the conflict-torn country. The media unit for Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), said in a statement its fighters clashed with the Russian mercenaries Saturday […]
Deputy President William Ruto was declared the winner of the close presidential election in Kenya over five-time contender Raila Odinga, amid drama and disagreement across parts of the Kenyan capital. Wafula Chebukati, chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), announced that Ruto had won the election with 50.49% of the vote to Odinga’s […]
Israeli companies Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. and natural gas producer NewMed Energy announced on Monday that they will jointly launch renewable energy projects in Morocco and other Arab countries signatories of the U.S. brokered Abraham Accords. According to Bloomberg, both companies will work with local partners to help them with their future projects focusing on […]
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union has commended Morocco for co-organizing the first specialized training workshop for AU short-term election observers in Rabat last June. The Council also encouraged the AU Commission and Morocco to continue co-organizing similar training on a regular basis and to mobilize the necessary financial and technical resources […]
After armed clashes between militiamen loyal to former defense minister and those faithful to current ailing Polisario leader Brahim Ghali, a recent audio leak shows the magnitude of divisions and despair within the Polisario-run camps of Tindouf over Algeria’s manipulation of the separatist militia. In the leaked audio message to his followers, Bachir Mustafa Sayed, […]