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Morocco is poised to reap substantial economic and tourism benefits from hosting the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN), with projections indicating up to 1 million additional tourist arrivals and 12 billion dirhams ($1.32 bln) in supplementary revenue. Scheduled to take place from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026, the tournament is expected to […]
Algeria often portrays itself as a close ally of both China and Russia. Yet its absence from China’s Victory Day parade in Beijing tells a different story, one of diplomatic marginalization and limited strategic relevance. Algeria already made headlines when Russian president Putin ignored to invite Tebboune during the Victory Day parade in Moscow, signaling […]
Former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila has broken his silence over the explosive treason trial against him, dismissing the proceedings as a “politically motivated” attempt to silence opposition voices and distract from President Félix Tshisekedi’s governance failures. Kabila, who ruled the DRC from 2001 to 2019, is being tried in absentia before […]
Morocco has unveiled a significant gold discovery in the Guelmim region, with 34 high-grade quartz veins containing between 3 and 30 grams of gold per ton, according to Australian mining platform Discovery Alert. The find could establish Morocco as a credible competitor in North African gold production, challenging established producers like Egypt. The discovery emerged […]
West Africa faces a deepening humanitarian crisis as the fallout from armed conflict in the Central Sahel region continues to spill into neighboring Gulf of Guinea countries, according to a new UNICEF report. In the first half of 2025, escalating violence in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger has displaced more than 515,000 people into coastal […]
Dislog Group has finalized the legal and financial structuring of Dislog Medical Devices (DMD), consolidating six specialized subsidiaries into a unified entity targeting Morocco’s growing healthcare equipment market. The new organization combines Megaflex, Afrobiomedic, Farmalac, Eramedic, Promedstore Imaging, and Scomedica under centralized management while preserving operational autonomy. The strategic build-up involves a 700-million-dirham fundraising to […]
As Cameroon approaches its presidential election due to be held on 12 October, fears are mounting over growing political repression, widespread insecurity, and a fractured opposition — all of which threaten the credibility of the vote. The 92-year-old President Paul Biya, Africa’s longest-ruling leader, is seeking an unprecedented eighth term in office. Despite mounting calls […]
Chinese Maolong New Materials company and Moroccan Sinam Group (Global Steel) have joined forces and established a HIsmelt plant in Morocco. HIsmelt is a smelting process for producing iron from iron ore using non-coking coal, which allows for the production of high-quality molten pig iron without the need for traditional agglomeration methods. This technology allows […]
The Algeria-backed Polisario Front has suffered a fresh diplomatic setback at the recent Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit, where its efforts to gain support for its separatist agenda were quietly rebuffed. The summit’s final communiqué made no mention of the Polisario or its self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), signaling a shift in regional […]
Morocco is testing floating solar panels on a major reservoir near Tangier to reduce water evaporation and generate green energy, to power the nearby Tanger Med port complex while tackling the impact of the kingdom’s worst drought in decades, local media reported. The pilot project, launched in late 2024, aims to reduce water loss from […]