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Mercenaries from the Wagner Group are reportedly making $10 million per month through their involvement in the ongoing conflict in Mali as it exchanges African gold to help fund Vladimir Putin’s war machine, experts have said. US intelligence experts believe the Russian-backed private military company, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin until his violent death in August, […]
A tenuous calm has been restored in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown after a day of armed clashes, the country’s President Julius Maada Bio announced on Sunday (26 November), which he portrayed as an attempt to destabilize the state. The Sierra Leone’s government has said it is again in full control following an armed attack on […]
France-born Galatasaray DR Congo’s soccer striker Cedric Bakambu has been handed the “Player Impact Award” of Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels, largely known as FIFPRO. The 32-year-old player won the award for his foundation, Cedric Bakambu Foundation’s work. The charity aims to develop people in DR Congo by providing education on literacy, health, […]
Peter Szijjarto, Hungary’s Foreign minister, is expected to visit Chad from December 07 and will ink cooperation deals with his Chadian counterpart KASSIRÉ Isabelle Housna, local media ‘Alwihda Info’ reports citing the Foreign ministry of the African country. Laszlo Mathé, the European country’s ambassador to Chad informed Housna about Szijjarto’s future visit, on Monday November […]
Morocco is leading the way in Africa and the world in establishing new special economic zones (SEZs) and attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), thanks to its higher value-added technology industries, according to a new report by Oxford Business Group. Entitled “How Special Economic Zones are shaping Africa’s industrial landscape”, the report, published last week, states […]
Morocco’s Atlas Lions was crowned best African national football team by the Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC). The award was presented to the Atlas lions in Cairo on Saturday evening at the annual Gala of the AASC which awarded its prizes for the year 2023. The Atlas Lions were rewarded for their historic achievement […]
Malian forces have taken Kidal the stronghold of Tuareg rebels marking the end of a deal brokered by Algiers in 2015 and the erosion of Algeria’s diplomacy in its Sahel neighborhood. More than a week after Bamako soldiers, backed by Russian Wagner mercenaries, took the strategic town, Algeria’s resounding silence reflects the country’s fading role […]
British multinational oil and gas company, British Petroleum (BP) has left the Senegalese Yakaar-Teranga natural gas field following a fallout with authorities over the utilization of the commodity, Sputnik reports. The move came after Senegal’s Minister of Oil and Energy Antoine Felix Diome told media that both sides are on opposite sides when it comes […]
Morocco is stepping up efforts to build a competitive merchant fleet in line with the country’s Atlantic ambitions and port investments. Transport minister had told MPs last week his department was set to promote investments aiming at bolstering Morocco’s commercial marine fleet. The announcement came after King Mohammed VI urged transforming Morocco’s Atlantic coast into […]
Ado Al-Hajji Abu, the Executive Secretary of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) began Saturday November 25 work from the organization’s permanent headquarters in Tripoli, in Libya. Ado Al-Hajji Abu was received by the Minister of Youth, the Prime Minister’s envoy to Africa, Fathallah El-Zeni, and a number of directors of departments and offices in […]