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Russia will send fertilizers, wheat, petroleum products worth $100m to Mali

Mali announced Wednesday Russia is set to send 60,000 tons of oil, 25,000 tons of wheat and 35,000 tons of fertilizers worth $100 million through the port of Conakry. “Following our exchanges, a first shipment of goods should arrive in Bamako in a few weeks. These include 60,000 tons of petroleum products, 35,000 tons of […]

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“Appeal of Tangier” calls for expelling pseudo-SADR from African Union

A solemn appeal was launched Friday from Tangier by sixteen former African Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers demanding the expulsion of the pseudo-SADR from the African Union (AU). The “Tangier Appeal”, issued at the end of a round-table held as part of the MEDays Forum, organized by Amadeus Institute November 2-5, stresses the need to […]

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Niger’s President sends message to King Mohammed VI

President of Niger Mohamed Bazoum has sent a message to King Mohammed VI. The message was carried by Niger’s Minister of Energy and Renewable Energies, Ibrahim Yacoubou, who held a meeting in Rabat Friday with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. “I am carrying a message from the President of the Republic of Niger to the Very […]

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France to build 500 classrooms in Gabon to help address overcrowding challenges

France’s development agency, Agence Française de Developpement (AFD), will build 500 school classrooms across Gabon for a total investment of 154 million euros in a bid to help address the issue of overcrowding of schools in the central African country, Gabon Actu reports. Marie Sennequier, Director of the agency in Gabon, during a press conference […]

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Agricultural automation can boost food production in Africa and globally — UN study

Agricultural automation can boost global food production and be a boon for small-scale farmers in developing countries, a new United Nations report has found. “The State of Food and Agriculture 2022“ report, just released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), says automation is rapidly changing the face of agriculture. New technologies, the authors […]

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Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline: A powerful tool for development, regional integration – ONHYM Chief

The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project is a genuine powerful tool for development and regional integration, stressed, in Abidjan, Director General of Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), Amina Benkhadra. “It is a transformative project for our continent,” said Benkhadra who was speaking before a panel of investors on the sidelines of the 3rd […]

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Uganda’s UNOC eyes China for funding to begin commercial oil production in 2025

Uganda and neighboring Tanzania are seeking investments of up to $20bn for a slew of new projects across the oil value chain, including to develop an export pipeline before 2025. The CEO of Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), Proscovia Nabbanja, said that the state-owned oil company is pursuing several projects across the upstream, midstream and […]

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Ethiopia-Tigray peace deal welcomed with cautious optimism

Ethiopia’s announcement of a cessation of hostilities between the government and the rebels in Tigray after over a week of negotiations led by the African Union in Pretoria, South Africa has been hailed by the United Nations as “a very welcome first step“ and as a “major breakthrough“ by Washington, while other world leaders are […]

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DRC: Kenyan troops join regional military intervention against rebels

Kenyan President William Ruto announced Wednesday the deployment of Kenyan troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional military intervention to support the Congolese regime against rebels operating in the east of the country. “As neighbors, the fate of the DRC is linked to ours,” President Ruto said in Nairobi. […]

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Mali, Burkina Faso pledge to jointly wage war on terrorism

Mali and Burkina Faso agreed Wednesday to jointly confront terrorism and strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the areas of security and defense, Burkina Faso leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré told media as he visited his Malian counterpart Assimi Goita. “The most important thing for us in the current situation is the security challenge, so […]