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The United States will grant Angola around two million dollars in ongoing assistance for combating money laundering and terrorist financing, the US Deputy Secretary of State has announced. John Sullivan made the announcement in Luanda Monday at a joint press conference with Angolan Foreign Minister Manuel Augusto at the end of a meeting of the […]
Russia will deliver 20 Su-35 fighter jets to Egypt as early as 2020-21 following a $2-billion deal signed between the two countries end of last year. Egypt will start receiving the military aircraft as early as next year, reported Russian media kommersant, citing two senior defense industry officers. The Su-35 fighter is a fourth-generation multi-function […]
Kenyan Telecommunications giant Safaricom is eyeing the electricity market following the enactment of a law that opened up power retail market to individuals and private companies. Earlier this month, Kenya has overhauled the regulatory framework of the energy and petroleum sectors with the enactment of two laws that put emphasis on increasing electricity connectivity. With […]
As consultations are still ongoing to form a new government in Algeria in a bid to address the wrath of the people standing against the extension of President Bouteflika’s term that the protesters call a “fourth term bis”, the Bouteflika clan must face another front of “resistance” from within. Actually, 72 high dignitaries of the […]
A young officer from the Polisario front decided on Monday, March 18, to rally the motherland. A Polisario rebel executive, claiming to be a captain, acting as deputy commandant of a “Katiba” (battalion) of the so-called Gendarmerie of the separatist front, showed up this Monday morning at the defense line in the area of Farcia […]
The director and chairperson of South Africa’s Central Energy Fund board has been dismissed, the minister of energy, Jeff Radebe said in a statement. The Central Energy Fund (CEF) manages defined energy interests on behalf of the government, including the development of the country’s oil and gas assets. The board of the CEF also oversees […]
The Italian ambassador to Libya has called on the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) to provide security measures for an Italian company awarded a road construction tender to link the far east of the country to the western region. The request came during a meeting between the Italian envoy Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi and the […]
The Government of Ghana and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will host an Investment Forum to discuss ways to crowd-in private sector investment for clean energy projects in Ghana that are financially viable. The forum will be a platform to discuss and showcase proven climate solutions and investment-ready climate action projects to attract support […]
Sudanese government has signed deals for loans worth $300 million with regional Arab funds last weekend. The loans would help authorities in Khartoum to cope with the country’s economic crisis and nearly three months of street protests. According to the finance ministry, a $230 million loan deal was signed with the Abu Dhabi-based Arab Monetary […]
The Italian police has opened an investigation into the death of an Italian model of Moroccan origin who has been key in the prosecution against former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi involved in a sex scandal with a Moroccan teenager, Karima El Mahroug, known as “Ruby”. Imane Fadil, 34, an important witness in the sex scandal […]