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The African Airlines Association (AfRAA) awarded two of its prestigious awards to Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc, which was celebrated as “African Airlines of the Year.” The Moroccan flag carrier received two awards in the categories of “global operations” and “best improved results in 2018.” It is worth mentioning that RAM received this awards despite the […]
World Powers have brushed aside the UN and the African Union’s proposal to appoint former Mauritanian leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as their joint Special Envoy to Libya, Chadian President Idriss Deby told Jeune Afrique magazine. The Chadian leader in an interview with the Paris-based magazine did not name the refusing powers, which are very […]
South Africa has called on home defense industry corporates to reduce their dependence on Saudi, Emirati, Algerian and Omani customers as it holds up arm sales to these countries over their refusal for inspection in compliance with contract agreements, reports say. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC), a group of ministers and deputy ministers […]
Marrakech is hosting INTERPOL’s fourth meeting for Chiefs of Police from the Middle East and North Africa, with ways of tackling organized crime and terrorism high on the agenda. With the MENA region being one of the fastest growing regions for information exchange via INTERPOL, senior law enforcement officials are meeting to identify ways for […]
The prospects and huge business opportunities offered by the blue economy in Africa were at the center of the first international seafarers forum held Feb.23-24 in the Southern Moroccan city of Dakhla with the participation professional mariners from 27 African and European countries. During the event, maritime experts, seamen and representatives of civil society stressed […]
Voters in Guinea-Bissau are awaiting the result of last week’s presidential election, with the incumbent Jose Mario Vaz facing stiff competition after five years of political and economic turmoil. A total of 12 candidates are running, with a former prime minister, Domingos Simoes Pereira, emerging as a front-runner. Guinea-Bissau has had seven prime ministers in […]
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN Development Program (UNDP) have announced Thursday a $10 million program to build capacity for flood and drought forecasting in Somalia. The project is expected to promote water security and access for more than 360,000 farmers and pastoralists during prolonged droughts and flood, the UNDP announced in a […]
Morocco’s African policy, spearheaded by King Mohammed VI, is based on solidarity public-private partnerships, said on Tuesday Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Berlin at the 3rd meeting of the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Summit, an initiative launched under the German G20 presidency. Morocco is the second largest African investor in the continent, said […]
The European Union is providing €10.3 million support package to the UNHCR’s Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Rwanda, which provides a life-saving avenue out of Libya for people in need of international protection, with a view to their further resettlement. The announcement was made by Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica during a […]
Air Senegal, the state-owned flagship carrier of Senegal, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for eight Airbus A220 aircraft at the Dubai Airshow on Tuesday, the airline said in a statement. According to Chief Executive Officer Ibrahima Kane, the planes would allow the airline to fly routes to Europe and West Africa when deliveries […]