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Jean Ping, leader of the opposition in Gabon and former presidential candidate, has arrived in Paris – France – his first foreign trip since 2018 after authorities banned him from travelling and seized his passport. “I’m planning to spend a few days here,” he wrote on his Facebook page as he arrived Monday in the […]
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will assist the Moroccan Ministry of Energy Transition & Sustainable Development accelerate Morocco’s energy transition plan through updating the national natural gas roadmap and structure a landmark public-private partnership (PPP). The two sides signed an agreement on this cooperation Monday in Rabat. The agreement focuses on developing sustainable gas infrastructure, […]
The Algeria military junta and its polisario separatist puppet have suffered another humiliating setback after the African football governing body (CAF) rejected the membership of the puppet entity, which is armed, funded and sheltered by the Algerian regime. This new diplomatic setback was reported Monday by Africa Intelligence magazine. According to the regulations of the […]
Morocco’s tourism sector is showing strong recovery with 5.1 million arrivals in the first five months this year, auguring well for the country’s inflow of hard currency. Arrivals until May are in fact 20% higher than the same period in 2019, the reference pre-covid year. Arrivals in May alone were 55% higher with 1.1 million […]
The first phase of Morocco’s waterway, connecting the water-rich Sebou Basin with the drought-hit Oum Rbia area, will be operational this summer to ensure steady supply to some 12 million people, Morocco’s water minister said. Speaking to MPs, minister Nizar Baraka said at a first phase, water will be channeled through 67km from Sebou basin […]
The institutional twinning program between Morocco and the European Union (EU), aimed at “supporting the strengthening of governance and the deployment of innovative initiatives in favor of youth inclusion in Morocco”, was launched on Monday in Rabat. The twinning was jointly launched by the Minister of Youth, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, and the EU Ambassador to […]
US ambassador to Algiers Elizabeth Moore Aubin has been tweeting non-stop about her trips to different regions or Wilayas in Algeria, visiting in total no less than 22 in contrast to the country’s president Abdelmedjid Tebboune who prefers to stay in his Mouradia palace while waiting for foreign visits to be approved by Paris and […]
Rwanda is the house of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) after the Eastern African country signed Saturday an agreement with the African Union (AU). Minata Samate Cessouma, the AU’s Commissioner for health, humanitarian affairs and social development, and Sabin Nsanzimana, Rwanda’s Health minister penned the deal in the Rwandan capital of Kigali. “AMA will play […]
Djibouti is the venue from Monday June 12 for the 14th Ordinary Assembly of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Heads of State and Government, the first ever summit since 2019. The summit will bring leaders and officials of various countries namely Kenya, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. The U.S., Japan, China and […]
Five people were killed Sunday in a landslide in the popular Commune of Yopougon of the Ivorian economic capital Abidjan washed by heavy rains. “On Sunday June 11 at 03H11 mn, the 4th Yopougon brigade company was alerted about a landslide in Yopougon’s millionaire district, at the height of Saint Louis junior secondary school in […]