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Texas-based Apache Corporation will inject additional $1.4 billion into the Egyptian oil sector, the company’s CEO John Christman told Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly on Sunday August 20. Apache Corporation is the USA’s largest investor in the North African country oil sector. The company according to Egyptian authorities, is poised to pump more investments and […]
Aya Gold & Silver announced the expansion of its 2023 exploration program at all its holdings in Morocco. The increase includes work done at the Boumadine polymetallic project, the Zgounder silver deposit, the Zgounder Regional properties, and the recently acquired Tirzzit copper-silver property. Aya is a Canada-based precious metals mining company, which focuses on the […]
The U.S. State Department has confirmed the appointment of Kathleen FitzGibbon as Washington’s new envoy to Niger now led by a junta that toppled on July 26 west-backed leader Mohamed Bazoum. Vedant Patel, the deputy spokesman of the State Department confirmed FitzGibbon’s appointment arguing that she is going there to lead the mission during a […]
The civilian façade of the military regime in Algeria or the government led by Tebboune has reached an absurd level doubling down on inconsistencies, inflated figures, and fake news. The most recent was Algeria’s foreign minister welcoming the US position on the Sahara issue. Algeria’s newly appointed foreign minister, Ahmed Attaf, has welcomed the US […]
King Mohammed VI was represented at the inauguration of Paraguay’s new president, Santiago Pena. The Sovereign was represented at the inauguration ceremony by Speaker of the House of Representatives. Santiago Pena was sworn in as Paraguay’s new president in an inauguration ceremony that took place in Asunción on Tuesday. The 44-year-old economist and former finance […]
Morocco has called on the United Nations Security Council to adopt sanctions against those responsible for diverting humanitarian aid. This call was made by the Deputy Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN, Omar Kadiri, during a public debate on famine and conflict-induced food insecurity, chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, whose country […]
The Biden administration’s charm offensive with Africa is ramping up in a big way, most recently with the launch of a new bureau aimed at making the battle against global outbreaks a lasting priority of US foreign policy and a pledge to seek partnership with African youth leaders to meet today’s challenges. Widely interpreted as […]
Thanks to a humane and united policy carefully designed under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, Morocco shows a way forward in terms of managing the migration issue in Africa, underlines the prestigious American think tank, Wilson Center. In an analysis published by the think tank, Stephen King, Professor of Political Science at Georgetown University, […]
After nearly a year of calls from the Haiti’s prime minister for armed intervention from abroad, Kenya is the first country to have now offered to lead a police force to help restore order to the island nation, where gangs that control vast parts of the country’s capital have fomented violence. UN Secretary-General António Guterres […]
U.S. Republican Senator Ted Cruz has praised Israel’s decision to recognize officially Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Sahara territory, saying the move will open the way for to greater cooperation between the two countries. The supportive stand was posted by the senator of Texas in his official tweeter account, hailing the Abraham Accords brokered […]