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Green Peace report published on Wednesday says Chinese fishing companies have been illegally off the coast of Wets African. The report points at 114 illegal cases of Chinese vessels operating in the waters off Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone. These vessels among which government-owned vessels from the China National Fisheries Corporation […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco starts this Wednesday a new African tour that will lead the Sovereign and his accompanying delegation to Senegal, Ivory Coast, Gabon and the republic of Guinea Bissau. During this new trip, the King will meet the Heads of States and top officials of these African countries. He will also preside […]
King Mohammed VI is to start as of Wednesday a new African tour that will lead him to Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon and Guinée Bissau. King Mohammed VI will undertake, as of Wednesday, working and friendship visits to Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire and Gabon, and will pay an official visit to Guinea-Bissau, it was officially announced […]
An audio recording from the Mourabitoune group announced that the group has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS). The audio was broadcasted by a Mauritanian news agency. The allegiance of the group to the IS will force neighboring countries that share the Sahara desert to reinforce their defense and security cooperation. The audio has […]
The early results of the presidential elections in Togo held on Saturday show that incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe is poised to win with a comfortable majority. The National Independent Electoral Commission disclosed this Monday that, according to the partial official results, Faure Gnassingbe, leader of the ruling Union for the Republic Party, is in the […]
Egypt’s head of Nile Water Resources Division at the ministry, Ahmed Bahaa El-Din, has told state-owned news agency MENA that the signing of the Declaration of principles in Khartoum earlier this week does not mean that Egypt recognizes the legitimacy of the Renaissance Dam being built by Ethiopia on the Blue Nile or its specifications. […]
Ties between Algeria and Kenya were boosted after the latter opened an Embassy there with Moi Lemoshira as Ambassador Extra-Ordinary and Plenipotentiary. During the presentation of his credentials on Sunday to Presdient Bouteflika, Lemoshira hailed the ties between the two countries and was hopeful that the signing of the Agreement on the Establishment of Joint […]
Alaa Yassine, the Egyptian minister of Irrigation and Water Resources advisory for dam affairs has finally announced that the proposed project of linking the Nile with River Congo will finally not go ahead due to “technical reasons.” The project was proposed by Sarko Overseas, a private company owned by Ibrahim Al-Fayoumi, but Egypt decided not […]
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said that Egypt will not obstruct the development ambitions of neighboring Ethiopia during a visit of a delegation led by Patriarch Abune Matthias. Tensions between the two countries grew when Addis Ababa started building The Great Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile last year. Egypt said the project threatens its […]
Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop has informed the U.N Security Council that the country’s stability is linked to the situation in Libya. Almost half of Mali was once under the control of the Al-Qaeda forces in the Maghreb before being pushed back by international forces. During the melee, the Touaregs also claimed their independence within […]