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Nigeria is in the grip of a severe fuel crisis, characterized by widespread shortages and dramatic price increases. The state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has raised fuel prices from 617 naira to 897 naira per liter, citing debts and rising global costs. This hike has triggered a domino effect, with private sellers pushing prices […]
A staggering 60% of African young people are looking to leave their respective countries in the next five years in search of a better life, with unchecked corruption being the “single greatest hurdle” threatening their future on the continent, according to a new poll by the Johannesburg-based Ichikowitz Family Foundation. One-third of the nearly 420 […]
At least 129 people were reportedly killed while trying to escape from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) largest and chronically overcrowded prison in the capital Kinshasa. Congolese Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo said in a post on X on Tuesday (3 September) that “he provisional toll is 129 dead, including 24 by gunfire, after warning,” […]
Mali’s representative to the UN in New York has openly accused Algeria of backing terrorist and separatist groups, in response to an Algerian representative’s statement accusing Mali of using drones against civilians. Mali, backed by Russia, has been battling Tuareg Azawad rebels who have turned more towards Algeria in recent months. Speaking at a UN […]
Head of Moroccan Govt. Aziz Akhannouch is representing King Mohammed VI at the China-Africa Summit convening in Beijing Sept.4-6 under the theme: “Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future.” Akhannouch is accompanied by minister of foreign affairs Nasser Bourita and minister-delegate for investment Mohcine Jazouli. A delegation […]
The Algerian regime has suffered another humiliating diplomatic setback in Beijing after the Chinese authorities refused the participation of the Polisario in the ongoing China-Africa cooperation forum. This is another slap on the face of ruling Algerian junta and their separatist militias in just few days after the Tokyo scandal which exposed their total failure, […]
Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita took part, on Tuesday in Beijing, in the ministerial meeting of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum, a platform seeking to foster Chinese-African partnership on the basis of the principles of solidarity, cooperation and respect of sovereignty and territorial integrity of states. During the meeting, the Chinese and African ministers discussed and […]
Morocco has supplied Spain with two-thirds of its watermelon needs and sold France 45% of its imports of the water intensive fruit in 2023, despite persisting drought. Morocco faces growing competition from Senegal and Mauritania in the European watermelon market. Watermelon farms have been accused of depleting underground water in Moroccan southern desert areas. The […]
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame approved the retirement of over 1,000 military personnel, including five generals, according to a statement from the country’s military. The retirements include former Chief of Defense Staff Gen. Jean Bosco Kazura, four brigadier generals, 170 senior officers, and 992 soldiers who have either reached retirement age or had their service contracts […]
Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita highlighted the fundamentals of Morocco’s foreign policy regarding the African continent, stressing the need to promote south-south and trilateral cooperation and advance the Royal initiative to help landlocked Sahel countries access the Atlantic ocean. Speaking at the Indonesia-Africa Forum, in which he represented King Mohammed VI, Bourita said that under […]