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Despite being sued by Australia’s Sundance Resources, Cameroon is set to begin in August the construction of a railway line with two China-affiliated businesses, connecting the coast to substantial iron ore deposit on Congo Republic border. In December 2020, the Perth-based Sundance Resources and two other Australian mining companies, who aspired to develop one of […]
Morocco has voiced its total solidarity with Burkina Faso in its efforts to fight extremism and terrorism and condemned the cowardly attacks targeting the country. “Morocco firmly condemns the cowardly attacks that have targeted Burkina Faso, a brotherly country, and which are contrary to the spirit of tolerance and coexistence that has always marked this […]
Ways to strengthening trade relations between Morocco and the Economic Community of South American Countries/Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) were at the center of talks visiting President of the MERCOSUR Parliament Rubén Anibal Basigalupe and his accompanying delegation held with Moroccan officials and MPs. The purpose of the MERCOSUR parliamentary delegation’s visit to the Kingdom is […]
The PAI Terra Ranka coalition of five opposition groups, led by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, has won Guinea-Bissau’s parliamentary elections, securing a majority of seats in parliament. The legislative elections were the first since President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved the National People’s Assembly more than a year ago. […]
Nigeria’s dreams for a domestic airline crash-land, as the lawmakers slammed the launch of the country’s new flag carrier Nigeria Air just days before the end of the administration, declaring it a “fraud”. Nigeria’s House of Representatives dubbed the purported 26 May launch of the Nigeria Air as “fraudulent,” while local media reported that major […]
The Government of Burkina Faso has reaffirmed steadfast support for Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under its sovereignty and praised the tireless efforts made by King Mohammed VI for the development and peace in Africa. The supportive stand comes in a joint statement issued Friday in the Moroccan Saharan city of Dakhla following […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held a phone conversation with Senegal’s leader Macky Sall to discuss the political situation in the West African country after several days of unrest that ensued the condemnation of political figure Ousmane Sonko. The conversation, Senegal’s State-run news agency APS notes, took place Wednesday. Senegal was rocked by […]
The administration of President Alassane Ouattara announced Thursday a 10 percent hike in energy price from July 1st this year in a move to mitigate exploitation loss in the sector at $124 million. Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Energy, indicated that the increase in the price concerns users of 15 A (15 […]
The US aid agency, USAID, donated Thursday to Cameroon 11,000 tons of food to help address food insecurity affecting 4.7 million people. Philippe Accilien, the USAID/Country Representative for USAID/Cameroon, took delivery of the shipment from Douala Port and handed it to the World Food Program (WFP) and Cameroonian authorities. “We thank the United States Government […]
A helicopter of the Tunisian army has crashed near the northern city of Bizerte, killing members of the crew. The army in a statement Thursday said it lost contact with a helicopter which was carrying out a night assignment on Wednesday, at Serrat Cape, near Bizerte. Four people were in the helicopter. In a […]