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China Natural Resources (CNR) has acquired Zimbabwe’s Williams Minerals lithium mine from Feishang Group and Top Pacific for $1.75 billion, the aim being to strengthen the Chinese company’s position in the lithium market and increase its capacity to supply the critical resource to its customers. This strategic move by CNR was motivated by the rising […]
Spain is expanding its so-called circular migration program to its first sub-Saharan African country by hiring at least 100 Senegalese to boost Spain’s agricultural sector, while also seeking to reduce the death toll of Africans illegally migrating to Europe. By including Senegal into the program, companies in Spain will be able to hire at least […]
The Global Coalition against Daesh Africa Focus Group, co-chaired by Morocco, the United States, Italy and Niger, has voiced deep concern over the impact of the proliferation of non-State actors on efforts to counter ISIS in Africa. In a joint statement released following its meeting held March 1-2 in Niamey (Niger), participants said the proliferation […]
The African Union (AU) has postponed sine die the “Pan African Network Conference on Fighting IFFs in Africa”, a continental conference initially scheduled in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, on March 15 to 17. The AU did not provide reasons for the postponement, but the move comes amid soar relations between Tunisian authorities and Addis Ababa […]
Russia has found alternative markets to the European space as North African countries now line up for purchases of the Russian oil products despite western sanctions, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has revealed. The US media outlet in a report notes that Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia have stepped forward to become voracious buyers of its […]
After recalling its ambassador to France last month, the Algerian government is now refusing to deliver temporary consular passes for the repatriation of its nationals expelled from French territory. The move comes in retaliation for the intervention of French consular services in Tunis, preventing the extradition of French-Algerian journalist Amira Bouraoui. After her arrest on […]
The United States hailed Morocco’s continued efforts to fight terrorism through a strategy, combining security, economic and human development in addition to the fight against radicalization, while highlighting the close cooperation between the Kingdom and the United States as part of international efforts aimed at fighting this scourge. In its 2021 Country Reports on Terrorism, […]
Morocco is a flagship country and a pillar of stability in the region, said Thursday in Rabat, the European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, who stressed the “extreme importance” of the Morocco-EU partnership. In a global context marked by multiple challenges, it is not easy to find stable partners like Morocco, hence […]
While Bola Ahmed Tinubu was officially declared the winner of last Saturday’s presidential election in Nigeria, two major opposition parties say the results were rigged and have vowed to challenge the results in court. Nigeria’s opposition renewed calls for the election result to be overturned on Thursday, March 2, a day after the country announced […]
The Egyptian army has announced the killing of an officer in the Sinai Peninsula during clash with drug traffickers. The clash, according to the army, occurred in the South Sinai governorate and broke out after Egyptian soldiers grew suspicious of a vehicle that reportedly turned out to be transporting large amounts of narcotics. The army […]