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While he was vying for another term at the head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the current president Ahmad Ahmad was suspended for five years by the international football governing body FIFA. The decision was announced this Monday after FIFA’s adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee found CAF President guilty of abusing […]
According to several specialized sites, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) has appointed one of its militants to replace Abdelmalek Droukdel, killed last June during a French military operation in northern Mali, with American help. The new leader is called Abu Oubéïda Youssef. He is an influential member of AQMI. The appointment of […]
Spain has sounded the alarm over the steady enlistment of Sahrawis from the Tindouf camps, Algeria, into the ranks of the Islamic state group, ISIS. Fidel Sendagorta, Head of the European country’s foreign policy and security at the foreign ministry, has warned the Spanish Interior Ministry, the US embassy and other missions in Madrid about […]
Liberia has reaffirmed its solidarity with Morocco and its support for the Kingdom’s national cause, reiterating that it maintains its steadfast position in support of Morocco’s rights on its territorial integrity and sovereignty. In a statement released Friday by the Liberian Foreign Ministry, Liberia also expressed concern about recent events in the Guerguarat crossing […]
Senegal and Chad have joined this Thursday their voices to the chorus of African countries which have expressed support for Morocco regarding its military intervention in Guerguarat that cleared the crossing point and restored the flow of passengers and goods between Morocco, Mauritania and the rest of Africa Senegalese President Macky Sall praised in […]
Speaker of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), Roger Nkodo Dang (Cameroon), has denounced, in a letter to the Foreign Ministers of the African Union member countries, the biased and disinformation campaign carried out by 3rd Vice-deputy Speaker of PAP, Algerian Jamal Bouras, against Morocco. The serious flaws and errors made by the Algerian, who is serving […]
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which represents the Tigrayan population and which has always campaigned against successive central powers in Ethiopia, claimed that following the recent popular uprising, hundreds of civilians have been killed or injured by the Ethiopian Federal Army. Meanwhile, as the conflict is shaking the Horn of Africa and alarming the […]
An internal investigation was launched within the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), after several complaints were leveled against this instrument of the African Union for corruption, nepotism, favoritism and intimidation. Paris-based “Jeune Afrique” which reported the news said it took knowledge of the 26-page audit document drafted in July by APRM employees. The document […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the draft agreement between his country and Sudan for the establishment of a Russian naval base on the shores of the African country. The draft deal was announced last week and waited for the Russian leader’s stamp. The base will be Russia’s first ever full military presence in Africa […]
The Economic and Monetary Community of Central African Countries raised €3.8 billion at a two-day round table in Paris. The Funds are destined to finance the bloc’s Regional Economic Program meant to boost growth by 2025. The program comprises 84 projects, including 11 presented as priority integrating projects. The total cost of these projects has […]