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The royal message was handed to President Macky Sall of Senegal on Wednesday by Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch. Akhannouch is leading a large Moroccan delegation participating in the Dakar 2 Summit on food sovereignty, which opened Wednesday in Diamniadio, 30 km from Dakar, under the theme “Feeding Africa: food sovereignty and resilience.” The Moroccan […]
Top American, Chinese and Russian officials — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov — are all scrambling to visit several African nations in January to pledge their countries’ commitment to the world’s fastest-growing continent. As President Joe Biden prepares for a visit to Africa later […]
France will withdraw its troops from Burkina Faso within a month in response to the request from the junta-ruled Burkinabe government, the French foreign ministry said Wednesday, Jan.25. “According to the terms of the accord, the termination (of the 2018 agreement on the status of French armed forces present in the country) takes effect a […]
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele Sison has commended the role played by King Mohammed VI in supporting peace and security in the MENA region and around the world. “We highly appreciate the role of H.M. King Mohammed VI in supporting peace and security in the Middle East and North Africa […]
The Nigerien army announced Tuesday it has killed 11 terrorists and arrested 6, in a restive region, near Burkina Faso, during offensive operations. The operations were conducted in the western Tillaberi region. The armed forces also seized weapons and more than 130 motorcycles, the army said. The region, near the border with Burkina Faso and […]
Senegal’s parliament has removed former Prime Minister and critic of President Macky Sall Aminata Touré from the house, upon a request from the ruling coalition. “I have just learned of my exclusion from the National Assembly by Macky Sall in total violation of the law. I remain more determined than ever to continue my fight […]
Zimbabwean philanthropist Tsitsi Masiyiwa, who was recently named the African Philanthropist of The Year, is behind the African Gender Initiative’s philanthropic efforts to tackle gender inequality on the continent. It will take another 132 years to close the gender gap, the Global Gender Gap Report 2022 has found, which means that no one living today […]
Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov slammed Tuesday France for interference in the internal affairs of African countries and support to terrorist organizations on the continent. Lavrov was speaking at a joint press conference with his Eswatini peer Thuli Dladla in capital Mbabane, as part of an African tour. “By supporting terrorists in Libya, France has […]
The African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has received a $10.15 million financing from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) destined to support agricultural projects for small scale farmers in Kenya, Mozambique and Uganda. NORAD’s contribution will enable the AFFM to provide credit guarantees for up to 36 months in the three countries, with the […]
Egypt and Nigeria have signed a memorandum of understating (MoU) to enhance bilateral cooperation in the field of electricity and renewable energy, a statement from the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy said Tuesday. Per the agreement, the two countries will support joint cooperation in a number of areas including: technical support for the […]