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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, Africa’s biggest oil producer, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Norwegian company to build a floating LNG plant in the West African country to boost its domestic supplies and exports. Nigeria’s state oil giant has inked the MoU with Golar Liquefied Natural Gas Energy (GLNG) […]
A third plane of Royal Air Maroc coming from Sudan landed early Friday afternoon at Mohammed V International Airport, carrying 154 Moroccan nationals and a Senegalese student evacuated from Sudan, after the deterioration of the security situation in this country. A total of 293 Moroccans had arrived Wednesday from Sudan in two RAM flights carrying […]
Two Moroccan cycling adventurers remain missing after entering Burkina Faso on their way to Niger, raising many questions on their whereabouts and sparking fears over their fate. The Moroccan Embassy in Ouagadougou is working with local authorities to solve the mystery of the two Moroccan nationals, Abderrahmane Serhani and Driss Fatihi, who vanished between Burkina […]
Côte d’Ivoire and The Gambia signed Thursday three agreements spanning several areas. Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara made the announcement following a meeting with his visiting Gambian counterpart Adama Barrow. The agreements, Ouattara told the media, touch on air cooperation that will lead to flight connection between the two countries via the national carriers of both […]
Dozens of soldiers were killed and scores of others wounded in an assault on Thursday April 27 on a military base in eastern Burkina Faso in the latest outburst of violence in the West African country. The attack targeted the military detachment in Ougarou in Burkina Faso’s Est administrative region, the military-led government said, leaving […]
Russia will help spur sports in Togo under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of sport education, inked this week. LidiBessi Kama, Togo’s Sports Minister and her Russian counterpart Oleg Matytsin inked the deal in Lome, Togo on April 25. The agreement will promote and intensify the exchange of programs, expertise and information […]
The East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) troops set up in 2022 to thwart the advance of insurgents, and most notably the armed group M23, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has since December 2022 been proclaiming progress, but on the ground, the rebels are still present and still attacking civilians. Created five […]
As the 15th edition of the BRICS summit approaches, two topics are high on the grouping’s agenda: its expansion, with the arrival of several African countries in particular; and the development of a new currency to be used for cross-border trade by the BRICS nations, which may be seen a push for de-dollarization. De-dollarization’s moment […]
Sudan’s neighbors increasingly worried as clashes continue The conflict raging in Sudan, which lies in an unstable region bordering the Red Sea, the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, is sending jitters across the wider region and worrying neighbors as well as the United States and the European powers for security, economic and geopolitical reasons. […]
Not all Africans are poor — this could arguably be the main message from the 2023 edition of the annual Africa Wealth Report by London-based Henley & Partners that reveals that the ‘Big 5’ wealth markets in Africa — South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and Morocco — together account for a significant 56% of Africa’s […]