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Korea has launched on Monday a K-Rice project aiming to provide small farmers in Africa with resilient rice varieties that can withstand adverse climate conditions, ensuring improved yields and food security. By establishing the so-called “K-Rice Belt” across eight countries in Africa, the Korean government aims to advance current official development assistance (ODA) programs to […]
The Sahara conflict and the serious regional threat posed by the Iranian military support to the Algeria-backed Polisario armed militia have triggered the alarm bell at the UK parliament. During a debate held lately at the House of Commons on Iranian hostile activities threatening UK partners and allies, conservative MP James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend […]
Africa has become the second-largest recipient of credit from India while over the past decade 18 of the 25 new Indian embassies or consulates were opened in the continent, as the South Asian powerhouse tries to catch up with China’s massive sway in the resource-rich continent. Many African nations received about $12 billion or 38% […]
Two unlikely territories and the world’s most diplomatically elected governments — Taiwan and Somaliland — are deepening economic and political ties, but all too often, Taipei looks the other way as its formal partners commit human rights abuses, notes a recent analysis published by The Diplomat. Two of the world’s most diplomatically isolated governments are […]
Congo aims to capitalize on increased germanium demand, created by export limits on gallium and germanium recently imposed by China, by establishing a new production unit, positioning itself as a valuable source of the semiconductor material. Invoking national security concerns, Beijing on Monday (4 July) announced export limits on select gallium and germanium components, raising […]
Morocco has condemned the deadly Israeli air raids launched against the Palestinian Jenin refugee camp, voicing solidarity with the Palestinian people. Speaking at a joint press conference Tuesday in Rabat with Omani foreign minister Badr Bin Hamad Bin Hamoud Al-Busaidi, Morocco’s top diplomat Nasser Bourita said Rabat reiterates its condemnation and rejection of the Israeli […]
Oman has renewed its unwavering backing to Morocco’s territorial integrity and to the “serious & realistic” autonomy plan offered by the North African Kingdom for the Sahara under its sovereignty. In a joint statement issued Tuesday at the end of the 6th meeting of the Moroccan-Omani Commission, co-chaired by the two countries’ foreign ministers, Nasser […]
Few days after Iran said it looks forward to normalizing ties with Morocco and Egypt, the regime of the Moullah has once again shown its hostility to Morocco by supporting the thesis of the Polisario and its Algerian mentors at the UN’s fourth committee. Foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told Iranian ambassadors to Muslim countries on […]
China will build an industrial complex for several industries including agri-food, manufacturing, mining and real estate in Niger’s capital Niamey, Beijing’s envoy to the West African country indicated Monday. Jiang Feng made the announcement after meeting with President Mohamed Bazoum. He also argued that the future complex is the translation of agreements of April 26 […]
A naval fleet of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA-N) arrived for a five-day visit in Nigeria on Sunday (2 July) for a rare visit by the Chinese military to Africa’s Atlantic coast, reinforcing speculation that the Gulf of Guinea could offer a base for Beijing. As the destroyer Nanning and an accompanying frigate, long with […]