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Somalian police said two suicide car bombers killed at least 15 people in the Hiraan region in a terrorist attack Wednesday. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack. The attackers targeted a military facility in the Mahaas district of Hiran region that is at the heart of the government’s offensive against al-Shabab. The two vehicles exploded […]
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, will pay an official visit to Morocco this January 5-6, the European External Action Service (EEAS) announced Wednesday. The visit will be an opportunity for an in-depth discussion on the implementation of the EU-Morocco partnership, including in […]
Qingdao Sentury Tire Company is planning to build a $297 million radial tires manufacturing plant in Morocco’s northern city of tangier. The new investment shows that Morocco continues to attract foreign investors due to its political stability, geostrategic position, skilled manpower, connectivity and proximity to European, Mideastern and African markets. The Tangier tire factory will […]
During the last Negev summit bringing together Arab foreign ministers with their Israeli and US peers, Morocco’s foreign minister voiced hope to see the next summer held in “another Sahara” alluding to Morocco’s southern provinces. On January 2, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said the next summit would be held in Morocco and that he […]
Mozambique, Ecuador, Japan, Malta and Switzerland received a formal welcome as non-permanent members into the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, January 3, taking the two-year seats they won unopposed in June last year. Mozambique replaced Kenya as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council from 1 January, having been elected in June 2023 […]
Senegal is keen on bolstering ties with Finland and diversifying its cooperation with the European country to make of it a great partner in the future. “The low level of partnership between the two countries is the reason why we want to deepen this cooperation with Finland, which is called to become a great partner […]
The UK’s international institute Chatham House revealed that Angola is the African country that has borrowed the most from China in the last 20 years, to the tune of over $40 billion. Experts in Luanda differ on the relevance or threats of these loans. While some consider that this practice is bad for the country […]
Some jurists consider controversial the thesis defended by the president of the Mozambican Association of Judges, Carlos Mondlane, that the cases of terrorism in the country should be judged by military courts, arguing these courts created in the past serious transgressions to human rights. Carlos Mondlane responds that the cases of terrorism in Mozambique should […]
The Catholic Church in Burkina Faso announced Tuesday the assassination of one of its priests, at Soro, northwest of the insecurity-plagued country, by unidentified armed men. The father abbot, identified as Jacques Yaro Zerbo, was killed on Dédougou-Gassan road on Monday, reported Anadolu News Agency, quoting a security source. The region where Dédougou diocese is […]
A Uganda soldier, member of the country’s contingent of an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, has shot dead three of his colleagues, the Ugandan army said Tuesday. Spokesperson for the military Brig. Gen. Felix Kulayigye said the soldier woke up Monday morning and “sprayed bullets” at his colleagues. All four were part of the […]