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Several Arab, African, and world leaders have sent to King Mohammed VI messages of condolences and solidarity following the deadly earthquake that hit the Kingdom on Friday, killing over 2,680 people and injuring over 2,500, according to latest updated death toll. In a message addressed to the Monarch, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of […]
European Union ministers have expressed deep concern about “domino effects” following last Wednesday’s coup in oil-rich Gabon — the eighth nation in the Central or West African region to be hit by a military takeover in the last three years. The EU is increasingly concerned about the growing number of military coups across the continent […]
The junta in power in Niger, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), has reportedly ordered French troops stationed in the West African country to complete the pullout until September 3. The CNSP, on July 26, toppled west-backed President Mohamed Bazoum attracting the wrath of former colonial power France and regional bloc […]
A Military junta in Gabon branding itself as Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI) named Wednesday August 30 Gen. Oligui Nguema Brice as the leader of the transition in the central African country after toppling incumbent leader Ali Omar Bongo, few days after general elections. Some soldiers presenting the CTRI made the […]
British Petroleum (BP), an oil and gas global giant, announced Monday August 28 plans to inject $3.5 billion in Egypt for the next three years. BP’s chief executive Bernard Looney made the announcement after meeting with President Abdelfattah al-Sisi. The investments will go towards research, exploration and development, the office of the Egyptian leader announced. […]
Upon the instructions of King Mohammed VI, Princess Lalla Hasnaa received on Saturday at the Palais des Hôtes in Rabat, the children from Al-Quds who have taken part in the 14th edition of the summer camps organized by Bayt Mal Al-Quds Asharif Agency. The agency’s initiative, placed under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI, […]
Heavy fighting between two influential armed groups on the outskirts of the Libyan capital from Monday to Tuesday August 15 evening left at least 50 people dead and more than 140 wounded, medical sources said on Wednesday August 16. In a “provisional toll” published on Facebook, the Center for Emergency Medicine, which manages rescue operations […]
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has fired Béchir Kthiri, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of cereals Authority amid rising prices that he imputed, few days ago, to monopoly. The presidential office Monday August 14 indicated that Kthiri has been replaced by Salwa Benhadid Zouari. The office added that the President ordered the ministry of Justice to […]
The new Sahel nation states have obviously failed to embrace diversity and integrate the Tuareg people whose leaders in Mali and Niger consider a return to the armed struggle against the centralized states. The Tuareg are a nomadic Amazigh people scattered in the greater Sahara notably in what is now southern Algeria and Libya to […]
Morocco’s women football team beat Colombia 1-0 to advance to the last 16 of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup taking place in Australia. In their first World Cup appearance, the Atlas Lionesses made history after securing a place in the Round of 16 thanks to their victory over Colombia in their final Group H […]