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The World Bank issued its ranking of the globe’s best performing container ports, giving the fourth place to Tanger Med, which has outperformed African and Mediterranean counterparts. The report dubbed Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), compares operational performance across ports using 2022 data. Morocco’s Tanger Med port was only outperformed in the ranking by China’s […]
The United Kingdom is expected this week to announce restrictions preventing foreign students from bringing family members into the country, which will likely send shockwaves through the African student community, not least from Nigeria. The policy change, set to be revealed shortly, is expected to affect students from various Nigeria and other nations all around […]
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, will pay a state visit to China from 24-29 May where he is expected to meet President Xi Jinping and their meeting is widely expected to pave the way for the two countries to seal several key trade deals, including a $6 billion infrastructure-for-minerals […]
SKF, the world’s biggest bearings maker, announced on Monday a $4.9 million investment earmarked for building a manufacturing site in Tangier in Morocco. The Swedish company said the plant will enable it to meet growing demand for magnetic bearings used in turbomachinery and other high-speed applications, including hydrogen gas liquification and for oil-free industrial compressors. […]
The African Development Bank Group, AfDB, has greenlighted a partial credit guarantee of $345 million to Egypt for the financing of green and social projects, reports say. Egypt expects to use the credit guarantee to raise the equivalent of $500 million in the Chinese Yuan denominated Panda Bond market, issued by foreign borrowers, Egypt Today […]
Tunisia has invited United Arab Emirates (UAE) investors to attend the country’s international investment forum slated for early November as authorities seek around $2 billion to supplement the national budget. Samir Saied, the Minister of Economy and Planning, Anadolu news agency reports, met with the envoy of the Gulf country to Tunisia and presented a […]
State Partnership Program (SPP), a US-sponsored security cooperation program, has announced the three members including Gabon. Established in 1993, the SPP is run by the Air National Guard and now involves more than 45% of the world’s countries. The program according to the Air National Guard supports the security cooperation objectives of the United States […]
As the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy democracies converge for a summit in Japan, winds of change are blowing for Africa, which has so far been more of a discussion topic rather than an active participant in international politics, but is now demanding its rightful place in global dialogues and decision-making processes. […]
Nephew of Polisario Chief of Staff arrested in Panama over money smuggling Panama’s customs services arrested, on May 11, Mohamed El-Wali Akik, a nephew of the polisario chief of staff, for smuggling foreign currency valued at $65,000. The arrested individual was brought before the Panamanian Public Prosecution which decided to ban him from traveling until […]
Morocco has called for a coordinated mobilization of leaders and intensive action to safeguard Africa’s interests in the global response to pandemics. The call was launched from Geneva by Omar Hilale, Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN in New York, in his capacity as the UN General Assembly facilitator for the high-level meeting and political […]