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A man described as a “high-ranking fighter of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara” (EIGS) has been captured by French forces in Mali, in a joint Nigerien-French operation against the group’s militants. Dadi Ould Chouaib, also known as Abou Dardar, was arrested on June 11 in the flashpoint “tri-border” region between Niger, Mali and […]
OCP Maintenance Solutions, a subsidiary of the state-owned Moroccan phosphate group, has teamed with American Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to provide innovative solutions, integrating industrial expertise, digital and artificial intelligence (AI) to industrial groups in Africa and beyond. The two sides have sealed a partnership to combine their respective expertise in AI and data […]
The new Prime Minister of the Malian transition, Choguel Maïga, met Tuesday with members of the National Workers’ Union of Mali (UNTM), the country’s largest trade union, which has been making a series of demands for months. The case of the compressed workers of the former state enterprises, the harmonization of the index grids […]
At the end of a nine-year term, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, hands over the reins of the international justice agency to British Karim Khan this Wednesday, June 16. The Gambian magistrate was elected to reconcile Africa with the ICC. During her tenure, Fatou Bensouda has rarely visited the sites of […]
Nigeria’s federal government prepares to launch works to build a pipeline that will channel gas to Morocco through a combined offshore and onshore track. The announcement was made by senior official at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Yusuf Usman, during an interview with local NewsDirect newspaper. Feasibility studies have been completed and Nigeria is […]
In accordance with the instructions of King Mohammed VI urging several institutions and stakeholders to facilitate the return back home for the summer holidays of members of the Moroccan community abroad, Moroccan authorities took a number of moves to ensure their return in the best conditions. Thus, flag carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) announced the […]
The Arab League holds this Tuesday, June 15, in Doha, Qatar, an extraordinary meeting of Foreign ministers on the Ethiopian Great Renaissance Dam. Sudan and Egypt requested the holding of this emergency meeting as they want to warn of the “risk” Ethiopia’s unilateral actions pose to the region, since trilateral talks stall. A former adviser […]
The Algerian army will deploy in Mali where France is preparing a military base for the Algerian soldiers, says London-based consultancy & business intelligence center, Menas Associates, citing a reliable source and photographic evidence. The Algerians will be deployed at Hombori base, 247 km southwest of Gao, on the front line of the Sahel’s Three […]
The African Union, AU, is counting on the Moroccan Tanger Med Port to achieve the logistics integration of the continent, a key objective of African Continental Free Trade Area agreement CFTA. Tanger Med Port is awash with opportunities for the continent, said Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the CFTA Secretariat. Speaking during a recent online […]
Côte d’Ivoire and France inaugurated on Thursday a new counter-terrorism academy in the West African country, intended to boost regional capacity to combat a growing Islamist threat. Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian inaugurated the International Academy for Combating Terrorism (AILCT) in Jacqueville, about 60 kilometers from Abidjan. This […]