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Voting centers in Tunisia have opened early today July 25 for a national referendum on a new Constitution pushed by incumbent President Kais Saied while opponents call for the process boycott. The electoral commission of the North African country (ISIE) has indicated that 9,278,541 including 348,876 in the diaspora, have registered for the process. The […]
Since King Mohammed VI ascended the Throne, Morocco has been showing Africa the way for south-south cooperation and win-win intra-African partnerships by taking initiatives on the ground matching its Africa policy discourse. The recent such initiative was the helping hand extended by Moroccan state-owned phosphates and fertilizers company OCP which offered African countries 550,000 tons […]
Jordan-based “The Muslim 500” has named Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani as the most influential Muslim. Sheikh Tamim tops 50 influential Muslim personalities. Saudi ruler King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud, and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei follow respectively 2nd and 3rd. The Jordanian Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, an independent research entity […]
The Emir of Kuwait has named Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Sabah as Prime minister on Sunday, replacing caretaker Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid. Sheikh Ahmad had previously served in similar capacity. He was deputy Prime Minister and Interior minister in the outgoing government, which had submitted its resignation in April. Prior to those positions, he became deputy head […]
The European Union has intensified pressure on Nigeria to supply additional gas to Europe as it attempts to wean itself off Russian gas on the back of Vladimir Putin’s war with Ukraine. With the bloc preparing for potential Russian supply cuts, Nigeria’s Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has called for collaboration with […]
Hundreds of million of people all across Africa are facing the greatest cost of living crisis in a generation due to rising food and energy prices amid rapid inflation and increasing debt, leaving the most vulnerable consumers in a dire situation, the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD, has warned. „The ripple effects of the […]
An armed group in Mali affiliated with al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the country’s main Kati military base near the capital city Bamako, which it said was a response to governmental collaboration with Russian mercenaries. Friday’s (22 July) raid on the Kati base that killed at least one soldier and wounded […]
French President Emmanuel Macron today (25 July) begins a three-nation tour of western African states in the first trip to Africa of his new term as he seeks to reboot his country’s post-colonial relationship with the continent. Macron’s 25-28 July tour, also the first venture outside Europe of his new mandate, will take the French […]
Morocco’s aerospace industry is expected to exceed 2019 levels as new big players invest in the country, the latest of which is Collins aerospace which signed a deal with Morocco’s industry ministry to build an ecosystem benefiting from an already existing platform The exports of the aerospace sector up to May this year hit 877 […]
The United Nations and the African Union (AU) have welcomed the signing in Turkey of an agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea, describing it as “successful development” for the continent which faces an increased risk of famine. Russian and Ukrainian officials have signed a UN-backed deal aimed at allowing grain […]