Africa Headlines International

Mozambique: insurgency in resource-rich Cabo Delgado fueled by influx of foreign jihadists

The recent surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has been fueled by an influx of Islamist fighters of different nationalities from other parts of Africa, experts and observers warn. After several months of relative calm, Mozambique’s troubled Cabo Delgado province has been, since the beginning of 2024, […]

Africa Business Emerging Markets Headlines International

Number of Chinese workers across Africa drops by over 60% over past decade — report

The number of Chinese workers across Africa has plummeted to its lowest level in more than a decade, according to data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics, with experts saying the continent is unlikely to see the high numbers of the past even though postponed China-run projects are now being restarted. After decades when Africa […]

Algeria Columns Headlines

Why Algeria’s diplomacy is in decline

Algeria’s voice internationally has become inaudible as men in uniform steer an Algerian diplomacy in disarray, suffering a series of setbacks in recent years that deepened the country’s isolation regionally and globally. Since 2019 when general Chengriha took power- ruling behind a thin civilian curtain represented by civilian President Tebboune- a “new Algeria” was declared […]

Columns Europe Headlines International Morocco

Spain denies Morocco had spied on its leaders

The Spanish presidency has dismissed the allegations that Morocco had spied on its Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez or carried hostile acts against Spain. This came in a Spanish annual security report 2023 by its counter-espionage service which dedicated a large section to Morocco given the cooperation ties between the two countries in critical areas such […]

Asia Business Emerging Markets Headlines International Morocco

South Korean LG Chem water purification systems chosen for desalination project in Morocco

South Korea LG Chem Ltd. has been selected to provide a water purification process for a desalination project to be carried out by Moroccan phosphate giant OCP Group. Under the deal, LG Chem will supply some 18,000 reverse osmosis (RO) membranes which will be used to desalinate 246,000 m3 of water a day at Jorf […]

Columns Europe Headlines International Morocco

Advocate General’s Recent Conclusions on EU-Morocco Agreements: Implications and Recommendations / Sahara

The recent conclusions of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union detail the progress made in the appeals filed by the EU Council and the European Commission against the decision of the Court of First Instance regarding agricultural and fisheries agreements with Morocco. It is important to note that these […]

Emerging Markets Headlines Morocco

Morocco-IMF cooperation prospects reviewed in Washington

Cooperation prospects between Morocco and the International Monetary Fund, in view of the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings, scheduled in Washington April 17-19, were reviewed at a meeting between Morocco’s Ambassador to the United States, Youssef Amrani, and IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva. During the working meeting, Kristalina Georgieva commended Morocco for the excellent […]

Africa Headlines International

West African heatwave caused by climate change- study

A study by the World Weather Attribution group of scientists found that the heat wave that damaged crops in West Africa was triggered by human-caused global heating. The heatwave, with temperatures averaging 40C, damaged the cocoa harvest in West Africa, sending prices of the key chocolate ingredient higher. Farmers in Ghana and Côte D’Ivoire, which […]

Headlines International Morocco

Kenya’s President sends message to King Mohammed VI

President of Kenya, William Ruto, has sent a message to King Mohammed VI.   The message was handed over to Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita by Abraham Korir Singoei, Kenya’s Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy of Kenyan President.   In a statement to the press following talks with Bourita, Singoei said that in […]

Headlines Morocco

Morocco commemorates 65th anniversary of death of late King Mohammed V; Sovereign and royal family members visit his grave

Morocco is commemorating this Thursday, Ramadan 10, 1445 A.H., in an atmosphere of piety the 65th anniversary of the passing away of the late Mohammed V; a moment to honor the Father of the Nation, the architect of the Kingdom’s independence, and a symbol of people’s struggle for freedom and liberation. On this commemoration, King […]