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Morocco’s experience with aviation liberalization demonstrates how strategic reforms can transform air travel across Africa, according to a new analysis by Marie-Noelle Nwokolo of The Brenthurst Foundation. As the first African country to sign an Open Skies agreement with the European Union in 2006, Morocco’s bold move yielded impressive results despite initial skepticism. Passenger volumes […]
In a significant legal blow to Khartoum, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has declined on May 5 to hear Sudan’s case accusing the United Arab Emirates of alleged involvement in the country’s conflict, citing a lack of jurisdiction. Sudan had alleged that the UAE provided military and logistical support to the Rapid Support Forces […]
In a renewed diplomatic overture, Libya and Malta have initiated a dialogue aimed at reinforcing bilateral cooperation in the energy sector, signaling a broader Mediterranean alignment on oil and gas development. Libya’s Minister of Oil and Gas, Khalifa Abdelsadeq, met with Malta’s Ambassador to Libya, Charles Saliba, on Monday May 5 to explore avenues for […]
Senegal’s Sangomar oil field, located 100 kilometers off the coast of Dakar, achieved “record sales” of nearly 4 million barrels of oil in April, Energy, Petroleum and Mining Minister Birame Souleye Diop announced. “I would like to announce exclusively that we have made a record sale of 3.8 million barrels from the Sangomar oil field […]
Congo and Rwanda have submitted a draft peace proposal as part of U.S.-led negotiations aimed at ending the conflict in resource-rich eastern Congo, according to U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Africa and the Middle East, Massad Boulos. Boulos welcomed the draft text on social media, calling it “an important step,” though details of […]
Princess Lalla Hasnaa, President of the Foundation for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Rabat, who is currently on a visit to Azerbaijan, visited on Monday Baku’s Alley of Honor, where she laid a wreath at the tomb of the national leader Heydar Aliyev. The Princess then visited the Martyrs’ Alley to pay respects to […]
Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares welcomed on Monday the “excellent” momentum witnessed in relations between Spain and Morocco. Speaking before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Spanish Congress of Deputies, the head of Spanish diplomacy expressed his gratitude to Morocco for its support during last week’s power blackout in Spain, a support […]
In a move steeped in symbolism and constitutional adherence, Gabon’s transitional Prime Minister, Raymond Ndong Sima, formally submitted his resignation on Sunday, May 4, marking the end of his stewardship during the nation’s political recalibration. This follows the official swearing-in of President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, ushering in a new administration under a revised constitutional […]
A devastating aerial assault on Old Fangak in South Sudan’s Jonglei state has left at least seven civilians dead and twenty more injured, as humanitarian agencies raise alarms over the reawakening of full-scale civil conflict. The medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported that a helicopter gunship attacked the only hospital in Fangak County, obliterating […]
In a display of continental solidarity, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and his Comorian counterpart, President Azali Assoumani, convened a meeting in Cairo on Sunday, May 4, to underscore the urgency of a harmonized African voice amid escalating regional challenges. Against a backdrop of persistent instability in Gaza, Sudan, and the Horn of Africa, the two […]