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Morocco, under the farsighted leadership of King Mohammed VI, will always support the stability and territorial integrity of Sudan, said on Monday Moroccan Foreign minister Nasser Bourita. Addressing remotely the 137th ministerial meeting of the Peace & Security Council of the African Union (AU), Bourita said Rabat will also always back the choices of the […]
Raila Odinga, leader of the opposition in Kenya and head of Azimio coalition, has unveiled youth resistance movement dubbed “movement for defense of democracy” that he intends to use to push President William Ruto out the state office, Nation Africa reported Sunday. Speaking during a rally in Kamukunji grounds in Kibra as part of public […]
Burkina Faso has denied claims that it awarded a mining permit to Nordgold just because it is a Russian company, its mines minister told the media on Sunday (5 February), rebuffing Western concerns that the ruling junta is seeking closer ties with Moscow. Burkina Faso allows all companies to operate in the west African country […]
The adoption by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) of the “Tangier Declaration” on promoting the link between peace, security and development in Africa is a recognition of the relevance of the multidimensional approach advocated by Morocco for the operationalization of the Tangier process through the development of model projects […]
The Ethiopian federal government has suspended 15 foreign media outlets operating in the country’s eastern Somali regional state, reports say. The country’s media authority, EMA, ordered the suspension because the media in questions have been allegedly operating without license. EMA has instructed Somali Region Communications Bureau to take action. The Media include BBC Somali and […]
Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), will host from July 28 to August 06 this year, the IX Games of the Francophonie, the international organization representing countries and regions where French is spoken or is customary language. The sport event will bring together the best young artistic and sporting talents of […]
The number of endangered rhinos poached in Namibia reached the highest level on record in 2022, as twice as many animals — 87 compared to 45 — were killed in 2021, official government data showed on Monday (30 January). Africa’s rhino population has been decimated over the decades to feed demand for rhino horn, which, […]
Laurent Gbagbo, Cote d’Ivoire’s ex-leader, has called on regional grouping ECOWAS to establish counter-terrorism brigade to curtail terrorism that has plagued the region. Gbagbo was speaking at a meeting of his party PPA-CI, at Bayota, a town in south-central Ivory Coast. “The problem in the Sahel today is the jihadists,” he said. For a 77-year […]
King Mohammed VI has spoken out strongly against Holocaust denial and in favor of the ideals of tolerance in Morocco and in the world, US Ambassador to Morocco Puneet Talwar said Sunday in Casablanca. “HM has spoken out strongly against Holocaust denial, and has supported and encouraged tolerance and coexistence in Morocco, in the region […]