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Security cooperation between Morocco and Austria was reviewed at a meeting held in Vienna this Tuesday between Director General of Morocco’s National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and Austria’s Director of the State Protection and Intelligence Directorate, Omar Haijawi Pirchner. The meeting took place on the sidelines of Hammouchi’s participation in the 91st session […]
Military juntas from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have recently met to strengthen the newly formed Alliance of Sahel States (AES), pledging security and political collaborations, which some analysts describe as an attempt to legitimize their grip on power. In his first foreign trip since the July coup that brought him into power, Niger’s junta […]
Morocco called for strengthening the working methods of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC), to enable this body to fulfill its mandate to promote peace, security and stability in Africa. During the 15th annual retreat of the AU/PSC, which wrapped up Monday in Tunis, the Moroccan delegation, led by Morocco’s Permanent Representative to […]
Tanzania’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) figures went up almost twofold year-on-year to $1.05 billion between July and September against $524.4 million in the same period last year, a positive development that is widely attributed to growing investor confidence in the East African country. Released by the state-run Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) in its quarterly bulletin […]
Mercenaries from the Wagner Group are reportedly making $10 million per month through their involvement in the ongoing conflict in Mali as it exchanges African gold to help fund Vladimir Putin’s war machine, experts have said. US intelligence experts believe the Russian-backed private military company, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin until his violent death in August, […]
A tenuous calm has been restored in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown after a day of armed clashes, the country’s President Julius Maada Bio announced on Sunday (26 November), which he portrayed as an attempt to destabilize the state. The Sierra Leone’s government has said it is again in full control following an armed attack on […]
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy has called on the Biden administration to be cautious in engaging Algeria as such approach does not guarantee it will shift away from Moscow and Beijing or defuse tension with Rabat. In an analysis focusing on U.S. policy in North Africa, the Institute experts Sabina Henneberg and Amina […]
SDX Energy Company unveiled on Monday a new strategy focusing on its growing operations in Morocco becoming a strategic regional player in the energy transition. In its new roadmap, SDX said it has decided to divest its Egyptian assets and move away from a pure oil & gas business into an integrated, hybrid energy-provider in […]
France-born Galatasaray DR Congo’s soccer striker Cedric Bakambu has been handed the “Player Impact Award” of Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels, largely known as FIFPRO. The 32-year-old player won the award for his foundation, Cedric Bakambu Foundation’s work. The charity aims to develop people in DR Congo by providing education on literacy, health, […]
Peter Szijjarto, Hungary’s Foreign minister, is expected to visit Chad from December 07 and will ink cooperation deals with his Chadian counterpart KASSIRÉ Isabelle Housna, local media ‘Alwihda Info’ reports citing the Foreign ministry of the African country. Laszlo Mathé, the European country’s ambassador to Chad informed Housna about Szijjarto’s future visit, on Monday November […]