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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 […]
Three British tourists went missing Sunday after a fire broke out in their yacht during a trip near the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Marsa Alam. A yacht dubbed “Hurricane”, Ahram Online reports, caught fire on Sunday during a trip scheduled for 6-11 June in the Fuston area, about 25 km north of Marsa […]
As part of the 19th edition of the ongoing African Lion drills, a synthetic exercise on Moroccan-US cooperation in disaster management took place on Sunday at the military port of Agadir, to assess the responsiveness of the Royal Armed Forces Rescue and Assistance Unit (USS-FAR) to a suicide drone attack presenting a crisis situation linked […]
The political and economic crisis is worsening in Kais Saied’s Tunisia. The uncertainties and fears over the collapse of this country has pushed Fitch agency to downgrade its Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC-‘ from ‘CCC+’. The downgrade of Tunisia’s IDRs, which is becoming a failed state, comes after failure of Tunisia’s authorities […]
The Algeria-backed polisario is a “criminal” and “dangerous” organization for the regional security of North Africa, underlines French expert in geopolitical strategies, Jérôme Besnard, in an article published in “causeur.fr” news outlet. “The polisario is still involved in various forms of trafficking in the desert, contributing thus to destabilizing the Saharan region,” points out the […]
Royal adviser André Azoulay has praised the values of openness prevailing in Morocco, which is experiencing, he said, an exceptional momentum in terms of its society’s diversity and pluralism. In a lecture he delivered Friday June 9 at the headquarters of the Rabat-based Islamic World Organization for Education, Science and Culture (ICESCO), as part of […]
Africa needs to establish a unified market for air transport to boost tourism and trade in the continent, according to a senior official of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). Speaking during a recent workshop hosted in Egypt, Adikiny Olwenge, team leader at COMESA’s SATSD program, advocated for the development of an […]
A new study showed that Morocco has 689 football players in different championships abroad, 88% of them in Europe. The study, conducted by the Moroccan football federation, FRMF, and the council for the Moroccan community abroad, CCME, was unveiled at a ceremony attended by national squad coach Walid Regrarui, and players of the national team. […]
Sub-Saharan Africa is well on its way to reach 87% smartphone adoption by 2030, driven by falling prices and digital-native users, says a recent report, that also projects that the region will likely witness a surge in smartphone adoption and the rise of 5G technology. In an era characterized by technological advancements, the mobile market […]