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Zimbabwe eyes the membership of BRICS grouping, hoping this would enhance the country’s opportunities for free trade with other member states, with experts saying that the African continent would benefit from the BRICS expansion to include five new countries from Africa and the Middle East. Speaking at a recent BRICS international forum in Vladivostok, Zimbabwe’s […]
Botswana has ascended to the rank of the top diamond producer globally, unseating sanctions-hit Russia. Most of Botswana’s diamond found in the Orapa diamond deposit is operated by De Beers, a leading diamond company. Following the G7 sanctions on Russia, De Beers moved its auctions to Botswana to streamline its business operations and facilitate the […]
A tripartite partnership agreement meant to improve refugees’ access to healthcare was signed on Thursday in Rabat between the Noufissa Pharma 5 Foundation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Moroccan Family Planning Association (AMPF). The agreement, signed on World Refugee Day, aims to strengthen the joint medical program between the UNHCR […]
At the UN C24 forum, Morocco has received steady support in recent years despite Algeria’s attempt to use the UN forum to serve its separatist agenda in southern Morocco, or the Sahara. Morocco was the first to list the Sahara issue in the UN’s Special Committee on Decolonization, known as C24, in 1975 when it […]
Nigeria should brace for tough times ahead in the fight against terrorism as armed groups relocate from northern Benin to its north, a report warned. Armed extremists are increasingly settling in Kainji Lake National Park, one of Nigeria’s largest, where other armed groups have also gained access, the Clingendael Institute think tank said in a […]
Polisario chief Brahim Ghali, who received in 2001 life-saving medical treatment in Spain, had left the European country without paying racked up bills of 45,658 euros for intensive care, medications, and services provided during his 44-day stay in hospital. After contracting Covid-19, Head of the Polisario armed militia was smuggled into Spain by the Algerian […]
The economic growth across Africa is projected to exceed global average this year, according to a new report published by the Afreximbank, despite several downside risks, including increasing levels of sovereign debt, associated sustainability risks, and excessive exposure to adverse terms-of-trade shocks. The report entitled ‘A Resilient Africa: Delivering Growth in a Turbulent World’, the […]
Morocco’s firm and permanent attachment, under the far-sighted leadership of King Mohammed VI, to the values of coexistence and to the fight against hate speech and intolerance was highlighted in New York by the Kingdom’s permanent representative to the UN, Omar Hilale. Hilale was speaking Tuesday in New York at a high-level event co-organized by […]
OCP Africa, a subsidiary of Morocco’s OCP Group, recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the State of Gombe to support the agricultural sector in this northeastern region of Nigeria. OCP Africa will provide its support to the State of Gombe, Nigeria, for the development of its agricultural sector, the subsidiary of the OCP Group, […]
The bloody civil war and looming famine in Sudan are pushing thousands of civilians to flee to neighboring Chad and Central African Republic (CAR), whereby the spillover of the conflict is complicating a security landscape in both latter countries, UN officials and experts warn. Activities of armed groups in the volatile CAR have increased as […]