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President Ali Bongo has appointed Gabon’s envoy to Togo as his new ambassador to Morocco that hosted him for medical treatment for several months after he suffered a stroke in October while attending an investment conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. President Bongo returned home Sunday after he spent a convalescence period in Morocco. At the […]
The Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Wednesday announced incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari winner of Feb. 23 presidential and parliamentary elections, while the opposition calls for a rerun over vote irregularities. INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu said Buhari from All Progressives Congress (APC) won the Sunday presidential vote with 15,191,847 votes against 11,262,978 for his main […]
Zambia has reduced hydropower production at the Kariba Dam because of rapidly declining water levels at the world’s biggest man-made reservoir. The power station straddles the border with Zimbabwe and supply both countries with electricity. According to Reuters, the two countries have agreed to reduce electricity production on each side of the border, from about […]
President of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, received, on Monday in Niamey, a written message from King Mohammed VI. The Royal message deals with “bilateral relations and the means to strengthen them in all areas,” Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita, who conveyed the message to President Issoufou, told reporters following the audience. The message also […]
Kenya has halted diplomatic relations with Somalia after a row over oil and gas blocks spiraled out into conflict. Nairobi expelled Somalia’s ambassador on Saturday and called back its own representative in Mogadishu. Officials in Kenya said the Somalian Government’s decision to auction off oil and gas blocks in Kenya’s maritime territorial area that borders […]
The Heads of State and Government of the Sahel Climate Commission have commended the pioneering role of King Mohammed VI and his vision for a “strong and resilient” Africa. In the final communiqué issued at the end of the first Summit Conference of the Climate Commission for the Sahel, held Monday in Niamey, Niger, the […]
King Mohammed VI announced, Monday, that Morocco will finance the feasibility studies to finalize the Climate Investment Plan for the Sahel region. The announcement came in a message he addressed to the 1st Conference of the Climate Commission for the Sahel Region, which opened Monday in Niger’s capital city, Niamey. The Sovereign underlined the importance […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Monday called the countries of the Sahel region to fight for climate justice, which is a fight for access to a better, dignified life and to a bright future. “Climate justice should not be a mere slogan. It must be a requirement for all of us: a requirement to […]
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has landed home Sunday evening coming from Morocco where has been receiving medical treatment after he suffered a stroke while attending an investment summit in Saudi Arabia in October last year. This is the second comeback of the 59-year old President. The Gabonese leader spent less than 24 hours in Libreville […]
German conglomerate Siemens has completed a 400 MW extension to the Toshka substation in Egypt, three months after breaking ground, the company announced. The turnkey substation is located near the Egyptian-Sudanese borders, about 1,300 kilometres away from Cairo. The completion of the project paves the way for the realization of the $60-70 billion Egypt-Sudan interconnection […]